Grandfather's watches
Was Iain's grandfather a collector of watches? No, not really.Back in Kirkby Stephen, I had a very limited timescale, but I tried to take a look at as many things Iain had left as possible. In the attic, there were two huge boxes of watches, clocks, springs and various parts and tools that used to belong to Iain’s granddad. After he retired from his job as a signalman, he mended people’s watches and clocks as a hobby.
I couldn’t manage two but I did take out the contents of one box and took pictures to keep the memory there and I kept imagining his granddad fixing them with great care...
I wonder if some of you have the same kind of collections from your grandparents.
posted by Edera
posted by Iain @ 10:56 AM
2 Comments:
These pictures brought back an image of Iain's grandfather sitting at his bench poring intently over a watch he was mending and a teenage Iain standing over him watching him with great tenderness.
The walls were covered in grandfather clocks in various states of repair and they all chimed at different times and with different tunes.
Thanks for reviving that memory.
Sue C.
What a beautiful image it is... I was imagining how he was fixing things but wasn't able to imagine the sounds ...thank you very much indeed for sharing this, Sue.
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