The joiner's tools A History of the Titanic in 30 Pieces

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My grandfather, Frank Parkinson, worked in Harland and Wolff.

He was an accomplished joiner. He loved working with wood.

And he served his time on the Titanic.

These were the tools of his trade.

One Sunday, he brought his son, my father, down here to see the ship.

He was amazed at the size of it.

He seemed to think it stretched up into the sky.

He said, how can a ship as big as that stay up in the water?

And his father said, "Don't worry, Johnny.

"It will always stay up in the water."

The memory of that day and those words

stayed with my father all his life.

He took up the same trade, and he took up these same tools.

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