How's this for interesting. My father was born out of wedlock, to a young mother and a not so young father. My father tells me he was born in Melbourne. My mother says he's full of rot, he was born in Tassie. His mother died, I don't even know her name. He went to live with his father and his wife, bless her she accepted him as her own. His sisters were late teens when he was born. She still lives in Footscray. His dad died, I don't know when.
Now the interesting part. When my house was being built my mum was about 8 or 10 and lived down the road. She played around these houses, she wasn't allowed to have a cat so she kept a stray kitten in a house while it was being built...probably my house?!
And it gets better. When we needed to do building work we got the plans from the council and you'll never guess who the plumber was? My grandfather! My dad's dad. I asked my dad and he can remember his pa plumbing houses on this street, he used to go to work with him sometimes.
The name on my plans is Jack. But I kinda doubt that was actually his name.
