The paperweight

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0:52:07 > 0:52:09My father was a doctor,

0:52:09 > 0:52:11and a patient actually remarked

0:52:11 > 0:52:15that he seemed to have a lot of papers sitting on his desk

0:52:15 > 0:52:16and no paperweight.

0:52:16 > 0:52:19My father had absolutely no idea

0:52:19 > 0:52:20that this would be the object

0:52:20 > 0:52:22that the patient would then bring in to him.

0:52:22 > 0:52:27The patient's brother had been a French polisher on the Titanic,

0:52:27 > 0:52:29where he had got the leftover piece of wood

0:52:29 > 0:52:33from a chair rail in one of the state rooms.

0:52:33 > 0:52:36And in the centre of it, there is a rivet.

0:52:36 > 0:52:40My father was asked if he would mind lending this for exhibitions,

0:52:40 > 0:52:42which he was only too glad to do.

0:52:42 > 0:52:45This has gone from being scrap steel and wood

0:52:45 > 0:52:49to a travelling memento seen all over Northern Ireland.

0:52:49 > 0:52:52My father must have been held in high esteem

0:52:52 > 0:52:56for a patient to give him a piece of the Titanic.