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Posted on 02/01/2025 3:50:32 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Many can identify with the immense relief that accompanies downsizing later in life.
After years of slogging at the coal face and raising children, an empty nest can mean the chance to move to a smaller place with lower bills and experience the heady rush of freedom.
Sir Thomas Ingilby certainly knows the feeling: he recalls the moment of handing over the keys to his Yorkshire home as akin to 'a giant weight being lifted off my shoulders'. It was extraordinary,' the 69-year-old muses. 'I've never felt anything like it. It really was like a physical sensation.'
Then again, the weight in question was an unusually hefty one, given it came in the form of Ripley Castle, a vast and ancient estate that has been in Sir Thomas's family for 700 years and 28 generations and which he inherited at the tender age of 18.
That weight was not just the upkeep of the castle itself but preservation of a family legacy that dates back to the mid-1300s. From Catholic martyrs and Gunpowder Plotters to the redoubtable 'Trooper Jane', a female Ingilby ancestor who held Oliver Cromwell at gunpoint overnight in the castle library during the Civil War, the wealth of history here is immense.
Yet this year, if all goes to plan, a non-Ingilby (with £21million to spare) will take residence within these ancient walls for the first time.
'It's been half a century of responsibility and now we are ready for an irresponsible retirement' says the affable Sir Thomas.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Wow....I liked to have seen that...I've been to two county fairs and a hog killing and I ain't never seen nothing like that..
If it were yours you could also get some goats to take care of the landscaping..
“At my age, I’m moving more and more toward a modified ‘minimalism’. It looks like freedom.”
Oh, that sentiment is right in my wheelhouse! :)
Have you tried the Swedish Death Cleaning? That REALLY clears the decks.
I’m 64 and am starting to shed things. A favorite Niece (who is SUCH a Girly-Girl and just made me a Great Auntie!) will get my ‘good’ jewelry and another Niece will get any and all of my ‘Gardening Stuff’ as she’s following in my footsteps. This summer we landscaped her new house yard together and set up raised beds for veggies and flowers and it was great fun!
Beau gets the cash and other assets, and if he’s gone before me, it goes to my sister. We are setting up a Trust for the farm - we do NOT want it to turn into Condo-Land, though where we live there is very little chance of that happening, anyway - too far out in the sticks for people to comfortably commute to work.
Yep. LOTS to think about as we age. You spend the first half of life ACCUMULATING and the second half SHEDDING all you accumulated. It IS kind of crazy, isn’t it?
“In 2017, Swedish author Margareta Magnusson coined the term in her New York Times best-selling book, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter. In her guide, she urges those 65 and up to partake in the task, though it never hurts to begin earlier, especially since decluttering is a great stress reliever.”
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/organizing/a43826147/swedish-death-cleaning/
And after helping my Mom for the PAST 6 YEARS, clear out her deceased husband’s ‘STUFF’ this article rings very true to me! She and I have had long talks about how I, too, am de-cluttering and that there is a drive-through St. Vincent’s TWO BLOCKS FROM HER HOUSE where she can drop off donations and get a tax break! I have taken a few sentimental pieces from her and lots of photographs. I’m also getting HER ‘Good Jewelry’ which will also go to said Niece at a future date.
Anyhow:
“No one wants your stuff, Mom: 10 tips for downsizing”
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/08/16/how-to-downsize
“It is always the 28th generation that sells the family jewels.”
LOL! For the most part, once a Family Empire reached the Third Generation, it’s in tatters and has been drained of all it’s equity.
Anxious to see how Barron Trump runs things when it’s his turn. ;)
Angora Goats - I could make money (yarn) off of their coats, too.
When you have a Castle and a whole Village to support, you need lots of income streams! ;)
True! You could also have Castle movie night and Castle Bingo night for extra revenue. You could even sell grog and mead.
Yes, I was impressed with the ‘Swedish Death Cleaning’ concept.
It’s been very interesting to me to watch myself age, and see how we shed a lot more than *stuff*, too. We shed the desire for stuff, the reasons why the stuff was once important, etc. (While the new things you become interested in require less, and very different and more useful, *stuff*.)
I also like the fact that less stuff is easier to keep clean and orderly.
It all feels very freeing...(but I haven’t even approached the idea of shedding artsy-craftsy stuff, yet. There are a lot of boxes and space taken up with that...I know I’m not going to wear high heels again, or need so many clothes, or read a lot of these books again; so all that can go; but I will always want to make things.)
I agree! Books and Yarn (and crochet hooks, a pair of scissors) will be the last things to go, but they are easy to donate for those cleaning up after me. ;)
Mom is already collecting things for her church Garage Sale this coming May. They made $15K last year. I will donate what I can for her sale.
So, yeah - there’s PLENTY OF STUFF to go around!
Beau is a total pack-rat, but that goes with being a Farmer. If I have to sell this place, it’s going to have to be ‘as is’ after I hold a HUGE auction. I mean, his collection of screws, nuts, bolts and Spare Parts for no longer existing Farm Equipment, ALONE, should bring in a Million Dollars, LOL!
BUT - I am only responsible for my own ‘stuff.’ That’s the best I can do. ;)
The ‘stuff’ I’ve found myself more interested in as I age are good tools, either for crafts, cooking, or household upkeep. (I tend to buy those now like I used to buy clothes, perfume, decor :-)
My 3rd generation cousins sold the family business after 99 years in 2007. My uncle said to me “why did they not wait till the 100th year?”.
I was the one who told my uncle the business was sold after one day looking up the company name and seeing it was sold to a competitor.
The nephews did not even tell their 2 uncles who had sold their shares when they were in their 80’s and were being paid over time. Neither lived in the state where the business was.
The nephews had the finance guy ask them if they wanted to be paid in full instead of over the years and the taxes would be taken care of. He never mentioned a sale was going on. The 5 cousins split the sale price of $20 million. I do not know what the amount was after expenses.
The building was later bulldozed and a new office and rental apts were built in it’s place after the buyer sold the land several years ago.
The company I retired from is starting it’s 118th year! The three men running it now are stand-up guys in their 40’s with actual Business and Computer degrees.
The company went through it’s ‘shake up’ in the 80’s when the business was split between the three ‘heirs’ when the founder passed. One sold off his share for millions, then drank it away. The other two re-grouped, bought back in after the drunk was gone, and kept on keepin’ on. ;)
It was a very good, solid company to work for. I still hold their stock.
Maybe not. It was built to last, and has made it to now in good shape, it looks like. At least it’s not like many modern buildings, ready to fall apart as soon as they are completed.
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