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Toy soldier update (sweet story department)

 Posted by Bill on August 6, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Aug 062010
 

My Father’s Day post got a good reaction from my father, and from various readers whose hearts were warmed by the thought of cute little Bill and his toy soldiers. Whilst sifting through some old family photos the other day I came across this one of me unwrapping the soldiers on Christmas day, 1977 (look how much hair Bill’s Head had!):

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The chronology is a little off in my memory (and in the original story), because the pictures indicate that the doll house was the previous year (look at Bill dressed up like a football fan!):

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Happy Father’s Day!

 Posted by Bill on June 20, 2010 at 7:15 am
Jun 202010
 

Toy SoldiersMy father made these soldiers out of wooden dowels for me when I was a kid (he also gave a few to my sister to keep things “fair,” but that never seemed fair to me, and I have since appropriated them all for myself). I was around 6 years old, I’d guess, and I still have a memory of going down in the basement one night and seeing him making them. I don’t know whether or how he explained what he was doing, to try to keep them a surprise for Christmas.

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