Of great sentimental value...

[Dave7]

I have my granddads walking stick. I am 78 and have (i think) a vague memory of him) so the walking stick will be at least 75 maybe 80+ years old.
Similarly I have his barometer hanging up in my hallway.....it still works.

 

[Gillstay]

Yeah funny when you think of the age of some of these objects. I have a cactus of my Dads that is 85 yrs old. Doesn't look it either.

 

[biggs682]

One of my late dad doing a time trial along what is know the A45 going to Coventry must be late 1950's

 

[Drago]

One of my dad doing a time trial along what is know the A45 going to Coventry must be late 1950's

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I see you inherited his dress sense

 

[ktmbiker58]

My grandfather worked at Rolls Royce Derby and during the war he worked on Merlin and later Griffon engines, they not only built new engines but also rebuilt engines that were in service - I have the top half of a Griffon piston that he used as an ashtray, it would've been a used piston that was beyond tolerances to be reused, to this day I sometimes wonder what stories it could tell.

 

[biggs682]

I see you inherited his dress sense

oh don't you start mum keeps trying to pass on his clothes to me even though they would swamp me

 

[dicko]

The day we went to the Palace. A most treasured memory now my parents have departed.

 

[mistyoptic]

A clock, chair, and illuminated address given to my great grandfather by the congregation of his church in recognition of his good works

 

[Drago]

My grandfather worked at Rolls Royce Derby and during the war he worked on Merlin and later Griffon engines, they not only built new engines but also rebuilt engines that were in service - I have the top half of a Griffon piston that he used as an ashtray, it would've been a used piston that was beyond tolerances to be reused, to this day I sometimes wonder what stories it could tell.

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Thwrs a big old piston. Mind you, the Griffon was a monster of a motor.