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Posted: 21 Apr 2018

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Saturday Self Challenge: Books.

We have books in our sitting room, dining room, study, 3 bedrooms, kitchen and music room, plus in a bookcase on our landing. They are mostly in large bookcases, but also on tables and the floor. There is little or no organisation of authors although dictionaries are all in the same place.

The 2 books shown here were my Dad's.He was born in 1901 and left school at the age of 14. The arithmetic book ( New Commercial Arithmetic) has his signature in it. After he left school he did an apprenticeship in watchmaking and silver-smithing, hence the second book here on Assey marks. Eventually he was an instrument maker working for the Royal Aircraft Establishment.

I wonder how many of us could calculate the price of 5438 articles @ £3, 11s, and 4 1/2d without a calculator. ;-)

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Ruebenkraut, , christel.k, Erhard Bernstein and 22 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 LutzP
LutzP club
isn't this worth a group Amelia. I have lots of old books as well and I just saw an upload of a pic of Meyer's Encyclopedia of 1894
6 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
Fantastic find and treasure, Amelia !!!!! I am not sure that the new generation will appreciate these old books, now times are focusing on PC, tablets, but nothing will replace the marvelous odor of the books and the touch of paper !!!!!!!! Happy Saturday !
6 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
We discover here that many of us are are crumbling under the weight of their books!!!! As Lutz says, we could make a group!!!
Your father's memories are precious and very touching.
6 years ago.
 Edward Bowthorpe
Edward Bowthorpe
Brilliant Amelia,eddie,xx
6 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
These are just wonderful Amelia!

Thanks for sharing...............it's obvious that they've stirred some good memories for you!
6 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal
A lovely piece of family history, Amelia. There is something quite special about holding something in your hands that a loved one wrote in so long ago.I marvel at the beautiful handwriting that everyone from that era seemed to possess (men as well as women!). These days penmanship is no longer taught in schools to any degree, which is a shame, really.
6 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
superbe !!
Emouvant de retrouver des traces des disparus
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Yes ! That's really a good idea for the topic. And it breathes a lot of memories !
6 years ago.
 Annaig56
Annaig56 club
des livres très précieux qu'il doit être agréable de caresser
6 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Strange books! =O
6 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
books full of memories
6 years ago.
 Ko Hummel
Ko Hummel club
very nice, the picture and the story that goea with it.
6 years ago.
 HaarFager
HaarFager club
Wow - what a lovely family tie-in with this week's theme! Splendid!
6 years ago.
 Peter Castell
Peter Castell club
I have the 'First Book of Arithmetic' dated 1871 published for the Commissioners of National Education Ireland, if this is the first book it has some wonderful division and multiplication questions !!!!!! Grandad has signed and dated it 1890 and Grandmother 1872 I have no idea why
6 years ago.
 David Michael
David Michael club
Special, in the way that Valfal expresses perfectly...
6 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Great history, and memento from your Dad
6 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Terrific pair!

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6 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Love these.

I too have many books ... everywhere.. Jay has too. When I was going to come from the UK he said... bring your books.. dont leave your books !!

I also have a very similar old Assay book !
6 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
Beautiful, old books full of memories and such nice handwriting.
6 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
schön, dass Du diese Schätze aufbewahrt hast!
6 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Splendid! My parents have that assay mark guide and it has proved useful (as well as interesting) over the years!
Their home in Cornwall is exactly as you (and Pam) describe with large bookcases anywhere they can be placed and books book books everywhere! Heaven!
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
This looks all so complcated to my eyes;-) I marvel at your father's handwriting, mine is awful....
I can relate to books everywhere, they always seem to be overflowing their shelves:-)
6 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Interesting image and background information. Memories of old arithmetic tests involving pounds, shillings and pence (we're now metric) ! Metric is certainly easier. But I doubt my grandkids could even read cursive script, let alone write it. Keep me posted if a group eventuates. :-)
6 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Interesting books and good to have memories. Nice to reflect. Interesting too that I wouldnt bother to try to perform the calculation by mental arithmetic but I would use excel and not even a calculator. How things change.
6 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne
An interesting picture Amelia. I have quite a lot of old books that I could not bear to part with.
6 years ago.
 christel.k
christel.k club
super Makroaufnahme, Amelia!
6 years ago.
 Ruebenkraut
Ruebenkraut club
great choice for the challenge!
6 years ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
so cool! what a great tale. i love how more than one person has brought personal stories into the challenge of the book. a bit like photos that way, carrying on our tales.

i would love to have an Assey marks book.
6 years ago.

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