Len told Sushila he had to go out for some air, but once he was outside he didn’t want to go back. He felt as if he didn’t quite recognise anything any more. The world was stupid, and there was no way around that. He started to walk quickly away but knew that however far he went, he’d have to come back to this place – if he could find it.
SARAH SCHOFIELD
SAFELY GATHERED IN
Thank you for choosing SelfStore4U! Please rest assured – your belongings will be safe within our temperature-controlled and fully monitored units. We pride ourselves on wall-to-wall security. Whatever your reason for requiring self storage we’ve got it covered – be it house renovations, de-cluttering, or simply to stow your skiing or fishing equipment. Are you moving back home because of break-ups, work commitments or financial problems? Rather than sell all your possessions, and have to start over again, you can store your items with us at SelfStore4U.
We adhere to the highest self-storage standards to provide you with a permanent convenient off-site storage solution.
1 Khyam six-man tent
1 Eurohike pop-up tent. Unicorn design
1 Vango inflatable sofa. Minus pump
2 folding camp chairs w/wine holder
2 children’s camping chairs. Unicorn design
1 inflatable kayak. 1 oar
1 gas cooker w/integrated grill
1 gas bottle
1 Go Outdoors camping box cont. kitchen supplies (spec. 4 plates, 4 bowls, 4 mugs, camping pan set)…
This is containerised storage. This is your affordable and safe long-or short-term solution. This is the fix for residential and commercial customers alike. We are just a phone call away. Boxes? Parcel tape? Acid-free tissue paper? All your wants can be supplied.
12 Tesco Bag for Life cont. asstd. VHS and DVDs. Friends box sets, multiple copies Disney Princess and Davina Super Body Workout
1 IKEA bag cont. small stuffed toy animals
3 IKEA bags cont. medium stuffed toy animals
9 Really Useful storage boxes cont. asstd. Lancashire Life and various weekend supplements
1 hanging rail cont. duffel coats (size L), anoraks (size L– XXL, various autumnal shades), leather jackets (black, size L–XXL)
1 green wheelie bin cont. asstd. computers, laptops and electronic components
7 Aldi wheeled shopping baskets cont. leads and chargers
9 broken Dyson Vacuums. Models DC07 x 2, DC14, DC15, DC17 x 3, DC18 x 2
Nail cuttings in a Duerr’s fine-cut marmalade jar
We are the answer to all your storage needs. With 24-hour onsite security and CCTV monitoring across our premises, you will have peace of mind that your goods are in safe hands. Free from sorrow, free from hidden service charges.
Please note that we cannot accept flammable, perishable, live or illegal goods.
1 Persian rug, circa 1890. Rolled
1 Edwardian dining table and ten upholstered chairs
1 portrait, oil on canvas. Woman w/auburn hair and amber beads
9 pairs damask curtains. Plum w/gold-trim tassels
1 four-poster bed. Oak, late Victorian
1 roll top mahogany bureau with inlaid leather gold leaf detail. Secret drawer
1 set of National Geographic. Ed. April 1950 – December 1991
1 Tupperware box cont. hair and dust – labelled ‘Sweepings’
2 picnic baskets cont. asstd. silver-plate items…
Read our great customer reviews! Find us on Trust Pilot. Our customers come back time and again. Each walled-off pod is your own private world. We are only here to help you to fulfil your storage needs. We care about you. We see how fearful you are of forgetting.
Late payment fees apply. Responsibility for insuring possessions remains with the customer.
122 cans Tesco Value baked beans
122 tins John West tuna chunks
122 tins Princes corned beef
12 bags Aldi Family bag penne pasta
12 bags Aldi Family bag quick-cook rice
12 boxes Tesco Value Paracetamol
12 boxes Tesco Value Multivitamin
12 bottles Pouilly-Fumé 2017 Ladoucette
12 bottles Rioja Reserva Viña Ardanza 2009 La Rioja Alta
12 bottles Châteauneuf-du-Pape Prestige Des Princes 2016
24 bottles Laurent-Perrier 2008 Champagne
1 Multitool w/bottle opener
1 axe…
In our fully air-conditioned units, your possessions there, for ever purified. We are a hive, honeycombed cells holding your collective dust. Each one sings sad lullabies that map your route back.
9 Staples file storage boxes cont. foolscap suspension files
1 five-drawer filing cabinet. Red w/sticking bottom drawer
6 reams of Staples economy-quality computer paper
2 office chairs. Charcoal grey
1 box of flyers. ‘Freedom Financial Solutions – We’ll make your money work for you’…
We know your possessions are important to you…
We hear you, valued customer. The corrugated door rolling open is a sigh. You pause, before your footsteps crunch over the unit floor. Come to our own temple. Come.
1 Berketex gown ‘Rosetta’ on cream satinette hanger. Size 14 w/tags
1 pair white diamante studded slingbacks size 6 w/labels
14 ornamental birdcages
3 gold-effect flower pedestals
150 satin-look polyester dusky pink chair covers (packs of 10. Sealed.)…
Each unit is a harvest and a grave. Wheat and tares together sown. All is safely gathered in, ere the winter sales begin.
1 metal rack storage system cont. asstd. vintage board games, jigsaw puzzles of world landmarks and countryside scenes and a Chemcraft chemistry set circa 1950
1 bisque porcelain doll – name tag ‘Elise’ – w/real blonde hair, wax arms and legs
3 medium boxes cont. Dinky toys. Varied condition 1935–1976
1 fruit crate cont. Gainsborough pink rose-pattern tea set. Missing sugar bowl
1 Willow Pattern serving platter. Circa 1980
1 tissue-wrapped monkey with cymbals. Batteries missing
1 Sotheby’s auction catalogue…
And this is where it will begin. In UNIT 322. You have no way of knowing. How can you? About the chemicals in the Chemcraft set. Their shelf life. Their instability. The vial within the box that has, over the years, been eroding to become hair thin, until it will finally crack. The solution will bleed from it and react instantly, flickering a livid blue flame. How fragile it all is, really, when you think about it.
The flame will shiver through the tinder-like chemistry box and caress the corner of the auction catalogue. It is all so dry. We pride ourselves on our anti-damp technology! See how the pages will arch and splay, touching onto the tips of Elise’s real hair, licking across her fine features, the glaze crackling. See how her hands will melt to flippers. It will drip drip onto the Dinky cars like fat oily rain as the heat rises and the leaden chassis will soften and soon they will run and form mercurial pools on the Willow Pattern platter. Flames will dance across this, hungry for the synthetic furred monkey, where the heat will spread through the mechanism, setting spasms in the springs and he will bang his cymbals frantically.