BarleyBop
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... 2010, April Fools day, Dad passed on.
After a bit, Mom decided to downsize.
You know how it goes.
Up from the basement, down from the attic.
What about all this stuff?
On every visit, we'd fill the trunk of the car, and drive it away, lightening that load for mum, not to worry.
So today, 10 or so years after my return to The Hobby, I remember that there is a tub somewhere, with old magazines from the 40s, passed down from my old Gamps (grandfather).
Turns out there are a dozen or so from the war years, twice again from the 50s.
I was literally shaking as I pulled some of them from their sleeves.
Here is a sampling:
As small as the world appears through the lens of this Forum, I wish you all could sit here with me and smell the stories and the lives captured in these pages.
After a bit, Mom decided to downsize.
You know how it goes.
Up from the basement, down from the attic.
What about all this stuff?
On every visit, we'd fill the trunk of the car, and drive it away, lightening that load for mum, not to worry.
So today, 10 or so years after my return to The Hobby, I remember that there is a tub somewhere, with old magazines from the 40s, passed down from my old Gamps (grandfather).
Turns out there are a dozen or so from the war years, twice again from the 50s.
I was literally shaking as I pulled some of them from their sleeves.
Here is a sampling:
As small as the world appears through the lens of this Forum, I wish you all could sit here with me and smell the stories and the lives captured in these pages.
