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Old 20-11-2009, 01:50 PM
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came accross this the other day, done by my late grandad Harry. I never really knew him, when I was younger he was very ill and was confined to his armchair, so we never really got the chance to get to know one a nother. But this makes me think we had a lot more in common than I first thought

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I swear its a spitting image of my favourite river haunt- whats the chances he used to fish there? I'll probably never know but I would like to think he did.
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Thats cool Jonny just think of the ear bashing hes giving you when you miss all those fish

Now get the picture hung up next to your tying bench
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Old 20-11-2009, 02:08 PM
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I just love paintings like that,especially when there is mystery behind it,i am as intrigued as you are now,you are going to have to try and find out jonny and let us all know,


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That is a beautiful painting, I would love to own it! You should be proud to hang it where everyone can see it ! Thanks for letting us see it.
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really lucky to have such a great memorial piece from you granddad ,and the bonus being it shares a passion you have with him too.

fantastic ,,,hang it proudly,,,,,oh and Grandad Harry wasn't a bad painter either was he ,really lovely piece of river their ,he obviously knew how to read the water.

thanks for showing us something so dear to you.
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cheers guys, its taken pride of place as suggested on my tying desk, it looks pretty sweet if I do say so myself. cheers to harry! Could I ask for a better reminder? Im gonna have to ask around and find out, when the leaves are back on the trees at the start of the season I'll try and take a photie of where im thinking of, I bet it looks no different
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came accross this the other day, done by my late grandad Harry. I never really knew him, when I was younger he was very ill and was confined to his armchair, so we never really got the chance to get to know one a nother. But this makes me think we had a lot more in common than I first thought



I swear its a spitting image of my favourite river haunt- whats the chances he used to fish there? I'll probably never know but I would like to think he did.
every chance there is ,and more than likely mate
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Fantastic painting, put it in a bigger and better frame to really set it off, ck
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Old 20-11-2009, 09:07 PM
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cheers guys, its taken pride of place as suggested on my tying desk, it looks pretty sweet if I do say so myself. cheers to harry! Could I ask for a better reminder? Im gonna have to ask around and find out, when the leaves are back on the trees at the start of the season I'll try and take a photie of where im thinking of, I bet it looks no different


cool if you could get a photo from the same view point, frame it the same size and hang them together....you in the new one...you will of course need to teach your grandchildren to fish so they continue the collection,

you need to post up the photo
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that's amazing mate. thanks for sharing. if your parents are around you could ask them to find out more. i wish i had a fishing story to share like yours, full of beauty and mystery.

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