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I found my Grandfather's pipes!
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<blockquote data-quote="Stick" data-source="post: 397051" data-attributes="member: 3474"><p>Mr D, that is tremendous news. What I wouldn't give for one of my Pa's pipes. He was my grandfather on my mum's side, a lovely chap who I still miss dearly. Like you I have very fond memories of being around him when he was smoking a pipe. I believe that although that was over 25 years ago, he played a huge part in me taking up the briar as a previous non smoker last year. He was a skilful chap; a stone mason, artist and stain glass window artisan. We used to build and fly model gliders on Dartmoor together. They truly were halcyon days. As an aside, he replaced much of the glass in Exeter's Cathedral (my home town in Devonshire) which was damaged by bombing during WWII. I'd heard stories that he'd left a 'hidden message' in one of the stain glass windows that he'd replaced but no one in my family had been able to track it down (very Dan Brown, I know). Well, last year whilst on a family holiday to the southwest, armed with a pair of binoculars I set about searching like I had done many times before. Only this time I found it. Crafty old sod had written his name and those of his 4 children (my mum and her brothers and sister) in a scroll being carried by a religious dignitary. His family also has strong links with the early settlers in Boston. But that's another story...</p><p>Thanks for evoking the memories Mr D. Superb.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stick, post: 397051, member: 3474"] Mr D, that is tremendous news. What I wouldn't give for one of my Pa's pipes. He was my grandfather on my mum's side, a lovely chap who I still miss dearly. Like you I have very fond memories of being around him when he was smoking a pipe. I believe that although that was over 25 years ago, he played a huge part in me taking up the briar as a previous non smoker last year. He was a skilful chap; a stone mason, artist and stain glass window artisan. We used to build and fly model gliders on Dartmoor together. They truly were halcyon days. As an aside, he replaced much of the glass in Exeter's Cathedral (my home town in Devonshire) which was damaged by bombing during WWII. I'd heard stories that he'd left a 'hidden message' in one of the stain glass windows that he'd replaced but no one in my family had been able to track it down (very Dan Brown, I know). Well, last year whilst on a family holiday to the southwest, armed with a pair of binoculars I set about searching like I had done many times before. Only this time I found it. Crafty old sod had written his name and those of his 4 children (my mum and her brothers and sister) in a scroll being carried by a religious dignitary. His family also has strong links with the early settlers in Boston. But that's another story... Thanks for evoking the memories Mr D. Superb. [/QUOTE]
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