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Tell me a fact and I’ll learn. Tell me a truth and I’ll believe. Tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever. Indian Proverb.
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TOOLS OF THE TRADE



To view some interesting links of historical 'tools of the trade', please click on links below. As I discover new and important websites, I will continuously add them here. Thank you for viewing! Michelle
 
A History of Preston in Hertfordshire - STRAW PLAITING
A Woodrunner's Diary - A Living History Blog
Beth's Iron Cooking Pages - Iron, Copperware, Pewterware
Black Iron Blog - Cast Iron Cookware
Cane Quest
Contemporary Makers - Historic Rifles, Pipes and More
Journey to Forever - Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them
Mocotaugan - The Story and Art of the Crooked Knife
Museum of English Rural Life - Ten Films of Rural Crafts
Smith College History of Science - Museum of Ancient Inventions
The Spirit of the Old West - Travelling, Living, Collecting & Re-creating the Old West

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Michelle
I live on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast Canada. I started this blog as a means to journalise my own stories and those told to me from family and friends which I feel should be recorded for their safe-keeping, and historical significance. These true events, if not written down, may be lost forever. It is my hope that family, friends and anyone interested in a good story, will enjoy and visit this blog often. All of our own photos and stories are property of "Relics and Tales". Our photos on this site are our original copyrighted photographs with all rights reserved. Thank you for visiting!
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My dear father-in-law. Bev is the main contributor to Relics and Tales, without his support, this website would not be possible. Thank you Bev for making our world a better and more interesting place.

The Glory Days of British Motorbikes - BBC Cafe Racers Part 1

https://youtu.be/fGeXjHU0ZHE

Small girl and boy hugging their husky dog. "Man's Best Friend" by Canadian artist Sandra McGurk

How to build an igloo - A Boy Among Polar Bears - BBC


Little Inuit Bear

Very old sailor made spool holder

"Mother and Child" by Canadian artist Sandra McGurk
THIS WEEK'S FAVOURITE DOCUMENTARY

The Vikings - Who Were They - Discovery History Channel

BBC History Documentary The lost city of ATLANTIS HD Documentary 2015

THIS WEEK'S FAVOURITE MUSIC

Arran Boat Song

If you would like to watch more interesting documentaries or listen to music, please click on tabs at very top of page. Thank you.

Pretty old Salish brooch

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Visit CBC Land and Sea for weekly stories from people who live off the land and the sea in Atlantic Canada. Great website. Click on image to view.

Two young girls throat singing - Inuit custom. Soapstone carving by Canadian artist Sandra McGurk. Click photo to view an example of throat singing.

Pastel chalk drawing by Canadian artist Sandra McGurk

Visit my other blog "Mich's West Coast Journal" - click image to view

American merchant vessel 'The Roving Sailor'

Ancient clay pottery stamp

Very old pottery

Canadian First Nation's charm for hunting buffalo, Raw hide with stone. Approx. date late 1800's,

Painting by artist Margaret Catherine Maclure (1869 - 1939)

Miniature copper teapots - apprentice pieces

Morris dancers, carved by whalers on whalebone


Very old West Coast carved stone pipe

Beautiful Wooden Carving by Artist Henry Tate of Clo-oose, B.C., 1929

Very old Eskimo carved stone and bone pipes

Tool discovered in the Western Arctic - petrified wooden handle and stone blade - date unknown

Early 16th Century Spanish Doubloon

Sketch from WH autograph book - circa 1918

Bev and Dave on the Francis-Barnett, Europe 1953

Bev and Dave on the Francis-Barnett, 50 years later

Little 'Eva' - hand-built by master craftsman, cousin Kim

A very interesting early Salish carving with a wonderful patina

Fishing trawler - Cowichan Bay

Old cottage on Pender Island

Driftwood gate on Pender Island

Hand Carved Bone Walking Canes, circa 1800's

Hand carving on walking stick by artist Sandra McGurk.

Beautiful hand carving on walking cane, by artist Sandra McGurk. This intricate carved face on the cane is approx. 3 inches high (7 cm). Her walking sticks and canes are carved on local arbutus and hazel nut wood. Please read Sandra's story on this website.

Hand carved walking canes (arbutus and hazel nut branches) by artist Sandra McGurk

A couple of west coast paddles handcrafted by my husband, Richard. These were made of cedar driftwood found on our local beaches.

Alders on Salt Spring

A few of Richard's handcrafted paddles, made of cedar driftwood from our local beaches.

My husband bought these beautiful Molas while boating through the San Blas Islands - CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE INFO

Mola from the San Blas Islands - CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE INFO

My attempt at sewing a small Mola

Small Haida War Canoe Paddle

Small African Fertility Statue

Carved by Haida Artist Pat McGuire

Native American Wedding Ring - made from 1902 Penny

Hammer Dulcimer - click on image

Click on image (above)


This little owl belonged to Warren Hastings when he was a first world war pilot. These were presented to pilots who experienced airplane engine trouble, managed to land the craft, fix the problem, then successfully take off and fly back during the night.


Warren Hastings

Carving Tool Fashioned After the Native Crooked Knife - see the story of 'Sea Lion' on this website



Bob Harrison

My mother-in-law, Joy, standing in front of her BSA.

Sharon (My Mother, 1968) in Palma de Mallorca - CLICK PICTURE FOR A GLIMPSE OF SHARON'S WEBSITE

Joy with Sir Roger

Owen Cathcart-Jones (left), Edie Cross (middle -my father-in-law's mother), friend (right) Helen Herbert. Photo was taken at Cowichan Bay, 1942. Click photo to view article on Owen Cathcart-Jones.


Barbara Hastings - Saltsspring Island Archives


Meerschaum Pipe - Carved by Haida Artist, Pat McGuire (1935-70)
Pat McGuire - Click to View Brief History of Haida Artist

1920-30 Native American Nickel Button - Click Image


Followers


Sailmaker's Serving Mallet - Click Image

Handcrafted Doukhobor Wooden Spoons - Click Image

Doukhobor hay knife for cutting binding. the square in the handle is for making hay rope for tying stooks together

Crooked Knife from Telegraph Creek, British Columbia

Awls and a trimmer {with blade} - the tool on the left may have been used for scrimshawing



Prehistoric Shark's Tooth

Inuit Scrimshaw Fish
"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave." - Dakota


This wonderful piece of industrial art shows Edie Cross in her welding gear at Victoria Machinery Depot Shipyards, Victoria B.C., circa 1941. The painting was done by Ina Uhthoff which was sponsored by the Russians for an article they had written regarding women in the workforce. Edie was highly respected by her fellow workers, both men and women, for her abilities to take on difficult and unpleasant jobs - such as high rigging and working in close quarters in bilges of a ship. Somehow her reputation reached Russia and that was the reason the painting and article came about.

Ina Uhthoff

Click here to view info on Ina Uhthoff

This painting was done by Squadron Leader Owen Cathcart- Jones when he was an advisor on the movie 'Captains of the Clouds'. He also played a part in the movie. The painting shows the Hudsons Bay Co. trading post where the movie was filmed. When my father-in-law was ten years old, Cathcart-Jones gave him this lovely painting.
"Captains of the Clouds" - click here to view more information


14th-15th Century Flask, origin unknown - Click Photo for website "Medieval Pottery Research Group"







Warren Hastings

Inglenook Fireplace at Hastings House


"Sailor Boy" - from the SS Rajputana

Image borrowed from Clydebuilt Database (www.clydesite.co.uk)

CLICK ON SHIP - THE WHYDAH

"If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come." - Arapaho


Robert Graves, photo borrowed from 'The Listener' Brigham Young University, May 1970 - CLICK ON PHOTO

My Uncle Alan - Visiting Mallorcan Countryside (1970)

Early Fishing Spoon

West Coast Native Black Cod Hook

Hand Forged Halibut Hook
Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins. - Cheyenne


In Ganges Harbour, Salt Spring Island
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Native American Ten Commandments

  1. Treat the Earth and all that dwell therein with respect

  2. Remain close to the Great Spirit

  3. Show great respect for your fellow beings

  4. Work together for the benefit of all Mankind

  5. Give assistance and kindness wherever needed

  6. Do what you know to be right

  7. Look after the well-being of Mind and Body

  8. Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater Good

  9. Be truthful and honest at all times

  10. Take full responsibility for your actions

Ray Mears - Survival Videos

SURVIVAL TIPS

  • Building a Shelter - Ray Mears Extreme Survival - BBC
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