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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 4580408, member: 93702&quot;]Happy Father&#039;s Day to everyone... I thought I would start a thread where we could share anything we would like about our Fathers.. a picture or a story or maybe a coin that fits your image of your Father. Its a free for all so post anything Father related.. no rules.. all good!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of pics of my super cool Dad .. he left us 4 years ago. No sadness .. its been awhile and he lived a great life.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1134373[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>He is from Dublin, Ireland (him and my Mom moved to Canada in 1963).. I always thought he looked like Johnny Cash.... When he looked back at these photos he told me that was during his &quot;Teddy Boy&quot; stage. It was a certain style and when I look it up on Wikipedia I get the following:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><i><i>In post-war Britain and Ireland , rationing continued to affect the fashion industry, and men&#039;s tailors devised a style based on Edwardian clothing hoping to sell to young officers being demobbed from the services. However, the style—featuring tapered trousers, long jackets similar to post-war American zoot suits, and fancy waistcoats—was not popular with its target market, leaving tailors with piles of unsold clothing which, to recoup losses, were sold cheaply to menswear shops elsewhere in England and Ireland. It was predominantly suburban working class youth who adopted and adapted the look and, around 1952, what became the &#039;Teddy Boy&#039; style began to emerge, gradually spreading across Britain and Ireland.</i></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">He was always an aspiring artist but smart enough to get a trade as a Tool &amp; Die maker - and do very well for himself in his trade. But he always made sure we were not limited in our aspirations. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">He was the first of his family to immigrate to Canada ..many family members followed him and they would all live with us for 3 or 4 months before they got on their feet. He would bring the men into his plant at night and teach them how to weld - and then hire them the next day. He was a family man, always a maverick - with an artistic edge. He was cool.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">One of my Father&#039;s Day gifts is below (shown previously).. perfect hair like my Dad...</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1134398[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Please share a story, a picture or a coin that celebrates your Father...</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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