Listening to:  Space - The Beta Band

I mentioned that I have started watching the blog of a bespoke tailor Thomas
Mahon. He recently wrote about his shears:

These shears were given to me by head cutter, Mr. Hallberry on his retirement,
after forty years with Anderson & Sheppard. They were the original shears used
by Mr. Sheppard of Anderson & Sheppard, which first opened its doors in 1905.
Mr Sheppard gave them to Mr Hallberry, decades ago, when he retired. And doubtless
I’ll pass them on to some young turk when my turn to step down arrives.

That’s 100 years of history in a pair of scissors! The tools of his trade are marinated
in a deep collective history… being a software guy (where history == COBOL) this
is just amazing.

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