Priceless Victorian Rubbish

I'm always amazed by what people throw out and have found quite a few "treasures" left out with the trash on Tuesday refuse pick-up days here in Chicago. I've always rather liked the expression "one man's trash is another man's treasure"... and I love perusing bric-a-brac stores and flea markets ... so I was thrilled to read this article on today's Guardian website about a hoard of Victorian rubbish – including champagne bottles, tennis balls, sports shoes, bowler hats, medicine jars, clay pipes and tobacco tins – which has been discovered bricked up under steps leading to the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2012/jul/01/priceless-victorian-rubbish-greenwich-college

http://www.rubylane.com/