"Great" grandfather shop pictures
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Jeff L Headley
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steve lash
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Jeff,
Great pictures. The acorn does not fall far from the tree.
Who was the Mack Headley that your company was named after?
Steve Lash
Great pictures. The acorn does not fall far from the tree.
Who was the Mack Headley that your company was named after?
Steve Lash
Jeff L Headley
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Steve,
My father, Mack S Headley Sr, not to be confused with Mack Headley Jr of Williamsburg took over the restoration and reproduction part of the family business after Boyd Headley Sr (our Grandfather) passed in 1960.
Here is the only other Pop's shop picture I have. Don't tell child labor but the small person (adult in caneing expertice) is my uncle Boyd Headley Jr.
My father, Mack S Headley Sr, not to be confused with Mack Headley Jr of Williamsburg took over the restoration and reproduction part of the family business after Boyd Headley Sr (our Grandfather) passed in 1960.
Here is the only other Pop's shop picture I have. Don't tell child labor but the small person (adult in caneing expertice) is my uncle Boyd Headley Jr.
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kerry grubb
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Jeff, thanks for sharing these photo's. They are fantastic. Looks like quite an industrious shop!
I noticed that work table too. That looks like it would be real handy to ge things up to working height (which ain't much for me at 5'4"!). It would give me a chance to try out some angled dovetails too.
What a neat thing to have all of that family history in your business. Thanks for sharing the pics (and of course all of the other stuff you share hear as well). My grandpa and great uncle worked in a furniture facotry in Goldsboro, NC. The company was called Kemps. I understand a great grandson has revived the brand recently. Everything was semi automated, but my grandpa prided himself in that he was the guy that fixed the rejects. I hear he could turn and carve very well. My great uncle was also a hobby builder. I regret that I was too young to have learned anything from them.
Tony
What a neat thing to have all of that family history in your business. Thanks for sharing the pics (and of course all of the other stuff you share hear as well). My grandpa and great uncle worked in a furniture facotry in Goldsboro, NC. The company was called Kemps. I understand a great grandson has revived the brand recently. Everything was semi automated, but my grandpa prided himself in that he was the guy that fixed the rejects. I hear he could turn and carve very well. My great uncle was also a hobby builder. I regret that I was too young to have learned anything from them.
Tony
Jeff L Headley
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FREDDY ROMAN
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WoW! What an amazing story. What great family history.
Fred
Fred
Jeff Saylor
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Martin,
When I started teaching woodworking in a public school system in 1974, I was required to wear a tie! It got tucked into my shirt during class but had to be out in the hallways. That nonsense went on for 20 years, until we got a sensible school board to allow shop and ag teachers to lose the ties! "Traditions" can be hard to break.
When I started teaching woodworking in a public school system in 1974, I was required to wear a tie! It got tucked into my shirt during class but had to be out in the hallways. That nonsense went on for 20 years, until we got a sensible school board to allow shop and ag teachers to lose the ties! "Traditions" can be hard to break.
kerry grubb
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In the early 20th century the carpenters guild in France wore black suit jackets, white shirts and ties. This was their standard "uniform". Things were more formal back in the day. If you look at some old photo's men would wear suit and ties to a ball game.