The only inheritance I have from my father’s father is his Elgin pocket watch that he used when he worked for the railroad in the early Depression years in OK. My father, who lost his dad when he was 17, kept the watch his whole life, even though it didn’t work. Last year I finally found an old-fashioned watch repairman who specialized in Elgin, and now it ticks loudly in my bedroom.
I have the pocket watches of both my grandfathers.
One of them needs a key to wind. Guess what I don’t have.
I have my great grandfather’s brass knuckles & blackjack for when he was a conductor for a railroad.
“”and now it ticks loudly in my bedroom.””
It needs its own bedroom or under a pillow!
Sweet story.
“The only inheritance I have from my father’s father is his Elgin pocket watch”
My Grandfather was a Fireman on the NC&StL and an engineer on the L&N out of Nashville. I had two of his Elgin’s and had one repaired which I carried and have since sent to my son in Nashville. I have a great picture of him hanging out of the cab of NC&StL engine 559 the sister of which resides in Centennial Park in Nashville.
How lovely.