Comments on: Taking a 5-yr-old shopping… https://glendalarke.com/2009/12/taking-5-yr-old-shopping/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:30:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Satima Flavell https://glendalarke.com/2009/12/taking-5-yr-old-shopping/#comment-20187 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:41:28 +0000 #comment-20187 David followed the family pattern of working in the engineering trades, yes. Men of my FLAVELL line – and many of the women, too – have worked with metal since at least the C17. Some of them, women especially, worked at home making nails on a small forge in a garden shed. In more recent times, the men have become fitters, boilermakers and engineers of various kinds. My eldest son is a fitter, but the tradition might end with him as none of the next generation has gone into the metal trades.

]]> By: Helen V. https://glendalarke.com/2009/12/taking-5-yr-old-shopping/#comment-20186 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:45:16 +0000 #comment-20186 Cute. I love that he has the pose just so.

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2009/12/taking-5-yr-old-shopping/#comment-20185 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:17:06 +0000 #comment-20185 And do David's achievements in life reflect his interesting beginnings, Satima?

]]> By: Satima Flavell https://glendalarke.com/2009/12/taking-5-yr-old-shopping/#comment-20184 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:53:21 +0000 #comment-20184 Gorgeous kid – and obviously a bit of a ham:-)

I am reminded of a time when I was about seven, and my mother took me and my then four year old cousin David into Manchester when she went Christmas shopping. In Lewis's department store, David managed to disappear twice. The first time, an irate window dresser removed him from the toy window and the second time, we only noticed he was missing when a lovely decorative fountain in Santa's grotto stopped running. "David!" my mother exclaimed, setting off a a fair trot – and sure enough, he was around the back of the fountain, dismantling the electrics!

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2009/12/taking-5-yr-old-shopping/#comment-20183 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:43:52 +0000 #comment-20183 What a delightful looking young man. He really is a poppet. Must be a very proud grandma.

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