The last time you found a "Mystery Box" you had stored away for years, what was inside?

A miniature transparency viewer attached to a key ring (the transparency shows me, aged about 10, in school uniform); a brooch (pin); a lipstick my late mother used to wear when I was young - I'd kept it because its perfume was so reminiscent of her ... and my childhood; a sprig of (dried) heather my late grandfather kept in a little jug on the shelf of his workroom; an origami paper boat, made by an ex colleague; a shell from a childhood seaside holiday; a tiny porcelain Siamese cat brought back from holiday by a friend; a small square box of blue card decorated with The Simpsons cartoon stickers, made for me by a former boss's daughter when she was a little girl; a tie clip with a blue enamelled 'badge' bearing the legend 'Calcutta'.

I found a poem I had written 10 yrs.ago to commemorate a former teacher /mentor's 80th birthday.

I also found a spiffy picture of myself swinging from a rope while visiting "Dollywood" in Tenn!. It was taken in 1988. Along with that was a photo of an elderly lady who might have been Dolly Parton's grandmother, and myself . She was wearing a gun holster and a long dress.I recall she kept calling me a "Yankee". I remember it clearly. I also found a beautiful card that had been given to me by that same teacher friend when my oldest son was born, and a postcard from an old boyfriend of my teen years, when he was in the Marines. Odd combination of items but it brought back some pleasant memories.

A box of old photos that date back to the late '60s.

Long Lost memories

Photos of my Brother and I Camping at Zion National Park before he died of Lung Cancer. Great Memories of a better time.

Mystery Box? Hmm, well there was this one time....Oh God...the horror! The horror of it all! No! It's not true! It never happened! It never happened!

These days if you have a fiver or a tenner spare, your rich!! I used to though, always kept cash upstairs in a hidey hole for emergencies!! Now all that's in there is dust and cob webs!!

A DeWalt drill I bought at a bar one night while drunk. I've gone through a couple drills since then. I forgot all about it. I guess I shoiuld clean up more often, huh?

A box of expo dry erase markers I forgot I had.

My old scrapbook from when I was 10.

It is freaking hilarious!