Pack it in! Junk we find when moving house

KEYS and cables with a mystery purpose, out-of-date food, single shoes and menus from defunct restaurants are among the useless items house movers have found while packing for their new home, a survey has found.

- By Vicky Shaw

People were asked to select three daft things they uncovered for the Compare My Move poll.

Some 28% had cables that fitted no known device, while a similar proportion had rooted out a mystery key.