Old Photos

Scanned in some photos, which also helped remind me of some of the stories behind the photos. First up is of our Grandad at work in Dublin. As previously told he returned to Dublin late in the 1950's and got a job working as a Carpenter in a shop fitters. In fact it was one of his better jobs even though by now nearing retiring age. Grandad often told us his stories as we collected him from Mass on Sunday. For some reason he went to a Church near Mount Street and we waited for him in Dads car after we had gone to Mass in Johns Lane. On the way home he usually told us another of his stories. When he worked for the Dublin Shopfitters he mainly made up interiors for Pubs, Shops and Banks. The majority of the work being done in the factory and they then often had to go to a shop or bar after closing time and install the new interior and have it ready for the shop to reopen. Sometimes he used to get Dad to drive us to one of the shops he had help refit. In his garage in Kilmainham he always had loads of scraps of wood, odd smelling bottles of oil and french polish, old bent nails and so on. At home he used to make up small bits of furniture from scraps of wood, packing cases. He used to straighten old nails and screws, anything to save on materials. When times were hard he got into the habit of 'making do' and mending.