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Thread #44342   Message #651987
Posted By: Deckman
17-Feb-02 - 05:22 AM
Thread Name: Family Keepsakes: What have YOU kept?
Subject: RE: Family Keepsakes: What have YOU kept?
I have many treasures that belonged to my Father in his working days. My Father was a master carpenter, and became a successful custom home builder. One of the treasures is a very old handsaw, with the number 65 carved on the handle. It first belonged to my Mother's Father, my Grandfather. He then gave it my Father and he used it for years. The number 65 is interesting. In WW1, GrandFather worked in the shipyards and 65 was his tool chit number. In WW2, my Father worked in the same shipyard, and 65 was assigned to him as his tool chit!. CHEERS, Bob (by the way, my Father will be 94 in 6 weeks).