KNIFE & BRIAN
Jim Davies was variously an electrician in a Staffordshire coalmine, a craftsman for a piano manufacturer, and later for the motor trade and, during the war, a rear gunner on a Lancaster bomber. He was a man who appreciated craft and mechanics. In 1981 his daughter re-married. His new son-in-law Brian had lost his father when he was still in his thirties. They quickly developed a close relationship. This Swiss army knife was a birthday present from Jim to Brian. The following month, Jim, who’d been diagnosed with cancer, died. This was hard for all of his children, Brian had more distance so he was a little more robust and able to help care for Jim. Brian regularly uses the knife and each time he is reminded of Jim.
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