Should I chuck out my old photos?

[swee'pea99]

After my dad died I spent an hour or so discarding slides. Boxes and boxes and boxes of landscapes (where?), old buildings (what?), beaches, flowers, sunsets...all in the bin, one after another after another after another. I retained any I came across that featured members of the family, but the overwhelming majority, collected over decades, at considerable expense, plip, plip, plip, plip....Even the ones I retained I haven't looked at since. Such is life. *sigh*

 

[rich p]

@Marmion Aah, Noodley, it all makes sense now - I have ridden with you and do remember you from the Snow Roads.

You thought there were actually two irascible, cantankerous old curmudgeons on CC? What a terrifying thought!

 

[slowmotion]

I'm actually surprised that there are so many nostalgia-driven softies. I thought that you would all be ruthless de-clutterers.

I'll chuck my many useless photos of buildings and landscapes, but keep the ones of people. Somewhere there's a slide of my pals having a furtive gasper behind the bike shed in 1972. I'm having supper with four of them in a few weeks. That picture should be good for a laugh.

Thank you all for your wise advice.

 

[classic33]

I'm actually surprised that there are so many nostalgia-driven softies. I thought that you would all be ruthless de-clutterers.

I'll chuck my many useless photos of buildings and landscapes, but keep the ones of people. Somewhere there's a slide of my pals having a furtive gasper behind the bike shed in 1972. I'm having supper with four of them in a few weeks. That picture should be good for a laugh.

Thank you all for your wise advice.

Get copies made, just in case.

 

[fossyant]

Advantage of digital sometimes, just flipped back through 3 years of digital photo's tonight looking at how the kids had grown from pre-teen to pains in the bum...

Keep the originals, but box them up

 

[ayceejay]

I was in the same position a few years ago. Being a generous father I 'bequeathed' them to my son, he has not thanked me properly yet