Comments on: Maurice Franklin, Wood Turner

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 18:35:16 +0000

Well done Maurice
Lee on turning, your a inspiration to all.

By: Fauvel

Fauvel — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:07:09 +0000

Wonderful to read and see that articles with photos….more interesting than any Vogue magazins …that article roots us in to real life, the photos are great ( sorry i am not english ,si i write with mistakes)

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:30:47 +0000

My Uncle Maurice is the last surviving member of a family of strong-willed individualists, girls as well as boys, who always made the very most out of life! That’s why he’s still going strong and keeping us all young!

Ken

By: Sonia

Sonia — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:27:51 +0000

What a sweet old gentleman! It’s wonderful that all the old skills have not been lost to a world of mass production factories. Maurice, long may you make beautiful things out of blocks of raw wood. Shalom!

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:09:49 +0000

Wish you had interviewed this man on camera and put him on utube.
This was awesome

By: Laurel Nygate

Laurel Nygate — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:47:25 +0000

I loved reading this article, which I came across as a result of ‘Googling’ Arnold Circus in Shoreditch. My grandparents lived at 279 Hackney Road, where my grandfather had an engineering workshop which was continued by my father until his retirement. Originally, three families shared the property at 279, each occupying a floor. There was no inside bathroom, just 2 toilets in the outside yard. But my memory only recalls the workshop on the ground and basement floors, with my grandparents and aunt Fay living upstairs. For about 10 years I did my father’s invoicing for him, and Franklin & Sons was certainly one of his customers. When I was a teenager I knew twin sisters, Bonita and Caroline Franklin, and I’m sure they were closely related. Looking at comments from other people, I can see that my dad’s cousin, Ron Goldstein has made mention of my grandfather/father’s engineering workshop. The workshop had a very distinctive smell and when my father finally left the premises (about 1985), he gave me a bag containing screwdrivers of different sizes and a few handy items, and I kept the items in this bag for many years because the smell reminded me of Hackney Road and I just found it comforting!

By: gerald gosbee

gerald gosbee — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:59:54 +0000

I to am a wood turner an turned all my life . started at 14.. now at 75 yrs and the wood is very poor to when i started…..

now turning is done by CNC us old fellows are not required or the
skills we took years acheave……

By: Belinda

Belinda — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:09:35 +0000

Thanks for all your lovely comments about my grandpa! I have collected them into a scrapbook for him, since he does not have access to a computer, and I will give him the scrapbook for his 92nd birthday present in 2 days time. I have no doubt he will very much enjoy reading them all and would want to express his gratitude to each and every one of you. May we all have such happy and fulfilling lives 🙂

By: Clare

Clare — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:01:33 +0000

I am so proud of my dear dad who so deserves all the recognition. Happy 92nd Birthday for Friday! All my love, Clare XXXXXXXXXXXX

By: Carry Franklin

Carry Franklin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:42:03 +0000

What a beautiful article about my Great Uncle Maurice. I remember visiting Hackney Road as a child, coming to work with my father, Irving, who managed the company. I loved watching Uncle Maurice at the lathe – the smell of the wood shavings and the sense of a small hive of industry tucked away from the rest of the world.