Monday, 3 May 2010

The Firm!! Jack Tom and Walter

When I was 16 I worked as an apprentice joiner with a firm of builders called Smethurst Brothers of Ollerton. I was there for four years and gained a well rounded education in all things wood and joinery!! The three brothers who ran the business were Jack, Tom and Walter. Each of them respectively were ‘experts’ in Joinery Plumbing and Bricklaying. They were three wonderful characters and I used to come home every night with stories/antics (mainly humorous) of what they had done during the day. It has crossed my mind as we are here loosely in the capacity as three 'builders' that we might now be referred to as the Firm. With our matching head gear, wide ranging knowledge of the building trade and Shanks pony in close proximity, here we are.

And many happy memories come flooding back of my apprentice days.




Steve is Tom, Dean is Walter and I am Jack!!!!
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  1. Anonymous4 May 2010 at 08:56

    Brilliant - Good to see you all geting to grips with the culture, people, children and animals. If you had known you could have taken fancy dress for the May Day celebration. Now that would be a picture - Is it something we could do for fun(d) raising next year.
    Best wishes to all of you and to those you are meeting. For certain you are in all our thoughts and prayers

    Sue and Dave

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