Recycle your unwanted jewellery

Good idea, Nortsat, thank you for the post.

Thanks Phoenix, I managed to fill two envelopes, without any difficulty. ?

Pretty sure I will too!

Great idea phoenix but unfortunately some lowlife recycled all of mine one dark evening in January while we took two of our grandsons out for tea. Everything. Wedding ring, engagement ring, eternity ring, string of real pearls from our 30th wedding anniversary, bespoke gold necklace that my husband had made for me when I passed my midwifery finals. Not so much as an an earring left.

Oh GrannyLaine how upsetting.

Stop!!!
Has anyone thought to check this out?
Partridges is a fulfilment centre in Kettering.
Why are they taking the jewellery?
This could well be a scam.

I cannot find anything on the link relating to this.

GrannyLaine

Great idea phoenix but unfortunately some lowlife recycled all of mine one dark evening in January while we took two of our grandsons out for tea. Everything. Wedding ring, engagement ring, eternity ring, string of real pearls from our 30th wedding anniversary, bespoke gold necklace that my husband had made for me when I passed my midwifery finals. Not so much as an an earring left.

Sickening.

Nothing replaces such items, no amount of insurance money.

Not the same, but I lost the gold watch my parents gave me for my 18th birthday. It was a bracelet strap, just slipped off on my way home from work, unnoticed for a few minutes.

It was the last thing my dad gave me before he died, it still grieves me years later. I know it is just a material thing, but it was very precious.

www.alzheimers.org.uk/form/old-jewellery-appeal

Here's the link.

Is this any jewellery, gold silver or costume?

Yes Missfoodlove, I checked it before I opened the thread. Of course you’re right to be cautious.
In Feb/March this was an item in the Alzheimer’s Disease Society newsletter. I contacted them and requested two free post envelopes, to make a donation.

Then Lockdown happened and when the ADS sent the free post envelopes, they asked people not to donate during lockdown as their warehouse wouldn’t be staffed.
They then emailed this week advising that they were staffed now and could accept donations again. They also re-issued the freepost address.
The email received this week came from an ADS email address and the original article was in their newsletter. Thus I believed the request to be genuine and shared it here.

Kitty thank you for tracking down the link ... you are a star ⭐️

Thanks!!

Thank you phoenix & Calendargirl
Strangely, though of course I was upset, my overriding relief was that they hadn't harmed the two cats who were in the house. In the end, they couldn't take the lovely memories attached to those things.