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Amazing clock By Bruce Aitken - via therhumboogie
Posted on September 8, 2011 via The Rhumboogie with 138 notes ()
Source: bruceaitken-clockmaker.co.uk
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“Now at ninety-one years old, being in semi-retirement, Maurice comes in a few days each week, driving down from North Finchley in the early hours to work from four or five, until eight or nine in the morning, whenever he fancies exercising his remarkable talent at wood turning.”
Read about Maurice Franklin, a master craftsman who still uses the trade that he has spent the last 78 years practicing. Would that we could all be able to find a skill and apply it so effectively and with such longevity.
Posted on January 24, 2011 with 19 notes ()
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