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My Father-in-Law was a plumber by trade. And due to living through WW2 and after, he never threw anything away. He died in 1996, but my Mother-in-Law never got rid of his things either. He had boxes and boxes of 'useful' bits in case he needed something for a job.
Anyway, when my Mother-in-Law died in 2010 all of her things, including his, came to us and we just stored everything.
Yesterday, I was attempting to go through all the stuff we have stored away and came across boxes and boxes of bits and pieces (mostly stored in old 'OXO' tins) that he had kept. I had forgotten we still had them.
It was when I opened this particular box I thought, now that would make an interesting photograph. So today I have started to photographically catalogue Grandad's old stuff. I like to think he would be pleased they are still getting used for something, although I don't expect he considered it would be as photographic 'art'!
Rest in Peace Norman, your stuff is still coming in useful!
kind regards,
Robin
| Camera: | Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro |
| Lens: | sigma 70-300mm APO DG MACRO |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Title: | Grandad's Things |
| Username: | 
RobinF |
| Uploaded: | 23 Aug 2012 - 1:25 PM |
| Tags: | Close-up / macro, General, Photo journalism, Specialist / abstract |
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This is an awesome capture and I absolutely love it. It is full of character and intruige.
Thank you for sharing!
A cracking set of shots, these brought back some memories of work that I hadn't thought about for a long time. A fine set of old and damaged bearings there, I would say the ball bearings are not much good for anything other than target practice with a catapault seeing all the rust marks on them.
Ray
I'm intrigued as to why a plumber would collect ball-bearing races. Maybe they came from dismantled washing-machines. They do serve as a talking point, tough!
Two with suitably-proportioned inner surfaces would jam on either end of a length of three-by-three timber which, when supplied with a six-inch coach-bolt as swivel, would serve as the front axle of a box-cart. These here look just a touch too small.
I am a mine of useless information.
Regards
Bill
Fascinating contents to this OXO tin
v1 is my favourite as I like seeing the tin - but v2 is also excellent Robin 
Helen
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