Re: What Artifact Do You Want Passed Down?
I have a mandolin that belonged to my grandfather and a resonator (slide) guitar that I have had for over 40 years. My son plays them more than I do now and I want him to pass them on to his children along with my father's WW2 Africa Star medal from the El Alamein campaign.Re: What Artifact Do You Want Passed Down?
I have an oak sideboard that my Mother bought during WWII (Father was away). I was born at the end of the war, so this bit of furniture has always been around. It even has some chalk scribbling underneath it that I did when I was around 6 years old.Re: What Artifact Do You Want Passed Down?
When I left Britain in 1952 my paternal grandmother gave me this lion. The book under the lions foot is in latin and translates to : "Peace be with you, Marcus son of the evangelist". I have no idea who Marcus was but the lion has emotional content for me, as I never saw my lovely grandmother again.Re: What Artifact Do You Want Passed Down?
A pair of silver candlesticks of unknown age (but with no hallmark of course) that were brought from Russia having been in her family for goodness knows how long for lighting candles each Shabbos as well as the high holy days and in my case a very old menorah that has been handed down for years.Re: What Artifact Do You Want Passed Down?
Two items really that are precious emotionally.Re: What Artifact Do You Want Passed Down?
I dont really get attached to odjects having said that there are things I wish I hadn't sent to the charity shops... too late now.Re: What Artifact Do You Want Passed Down?
I don't have anything of monetary value, my sister grabbed as much as she could when my parents passed. I have garden ornaments that my Dad made and some of my Mum's sewing bits and bobs and her button tin.Re: What Artifact Do You Want Passed Down?
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