The joiner's tools

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0:06:06 > 0:06:09My grandfather, Frank Parkinson, worked in Harland and Wolff.

0:06:10 > 0:06:15He was an accomplished joiner. He loved working with wood.

0:06:15 > 0:06:18And he served his time on the Titanic.

0:06:18 > 0:06:20These were the tools of his trade.

0:06:22 > 0:06:27One Sunday, he brought his son, my father, down here to see the ship.

0:06:27 > 0:06:29He was amazed at the size of it.

0:06:29 > 0:06:33He seemed to think it stretched up into the sky.

0:06:33 > 0:06:37He said, how can a ship as big as that stay up in the water?

0:06:38 > 0:06:42And his father said, "Don't worry, Johnny.

0:06:42 > 0:06:44"It will always stay up in the water."

0:06:44 > 0:06:47The memory of that day and those words

0:06:47 > 0:06:49stayed with my father all his life.

0:06:49 > 0:06:56He took up the same trade, and he took up these same tools.

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