Our summer place is on the hill side of Highway #450 that runs through the Town of York Harbour. We have a view of the harbour, Governors Island and other Islands out in the Bay of Islands. My dad loved that view. He passed on in 2009. After World War II, he took courses in the electrical and carpenter trades. He built my parents first home; a wall, a door, a room at a time on what was Glen Valley Road (now Carmen Avenue) in Corner Brook. Our basement there was outfitted with a long work bench and above that were many nails in boards along the wall where he hung his tools. Some of these were handed down from his father so already by then they were antiques, Dad was 85 when he passed and his father lived to be in his 90's. Back then tools got a lot of use in the Richards family. I was born the year before Newfoundland joined the Confederation of Canada. As a child growing up, our indoor play area was the concrete floored basement. The basement was also home for all those treasured tools. I did not think that at the time - they just looked old!! Dad gave me many a lecture when it was noticed that a saw or the hammer was out of place. As a kid I was never allowed to use his beloved always-kept-sharp saws. One not so fond memory, (since it involved a loud stern lecture) was when I decided that we (my two sisters and I) should have a marble hole in the concrete floor to play allies. I thought an appropriate tool for the job was the ten pound maul to start and then finish making it with dad's hammer!! He was not amused. However, the marble hole served us for years to come. We bought our York Harbour summer home in 2008. Dad was alive then and he felt I should have some good tools to do the odd jobs around, so he started giving me some of his extras, even though by now he knew that I mainly dialed 1-800-carpenter/plumber. When he passed on and my brother in-law and I were deciding what to do with dad's tools, it was decided since we have a large shed in York Harbour that I would take as many of them as I needed as keepsakes. The shed has two big peg boards above a long workbench that the previous owner had left in place. I have hung dad's fine cut saw and the one handed down from his father, a key hole saw, a plane and the beloved hammer (with some noticeable nose flaking from the marble hole caper) on one side (as per picture #1). Since I retired in 2013, we are there longer in the summertime and I have started to make wall or fence hangings and bird feeders from found beach wood or downed tree branches on our property. I also make flower boxes and picture rails. To do these items I now get to USE ALL OF DAD TOOLS whenever I want. Each time I pick one up to do a Project, I look at the worn handles and think admiringly of dad and grandfather Richards. In life some things go full circle. If you have the opportunity to complete one, do it since it is so very rewarding. Garry Richards, York Harbour NL PS: The picture was taken by me at our shed, at our summer place, in York Harbour in August, 2016.   Submitted By: Garry Richards