those are some pretty cool things
I have no heirlooms as yet.

I'm hopeful that I stand to inherit a load of nice old books as my grandfather was a county librarian and book binder, and none of my aunts/uncles/cousins can read
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 16:37, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I have a shitload of militaria from my father's side
and more to come when he croaks. Spurs and shit from WW1, Nazi money and other WW2 stuff, and some older bits and pieces.

From my mother's side there will be loads of books too, half of them written by the grandfather whose bust I refer to above.

I'm never, ever smug about my own trainwreck of a life but my forebears are pretty remarkable on both sides and I am immensely proud of them.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 16:44, Reply)

mine did some fairly cool things
not quite so cool as the Sex Pistols thing with which your grandfather was involved however!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 16:49, Reply)

That's the thing I'm most proud of, I think
He didn't give it a moment's thought afterwards and had absolutely no idea of the cultural significance of the record or his role in its name. Were it not called 'Never Mind the Bollocks' I think part of its impact would have been lost.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 16:52, Reply)

it is a pretty awesome thing

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 16:54, Reply)