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No Money in My Pocket. WH2 Book Pass around.

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A while back I bought a book from a UKw member as an afterthought. It's called 'No Money In My Pocket' and is the autobiography of cabinetmaker David H Coleman.
I am painfully shy of knowledge but really enjoyed the read. Very much 'of a time', but covers his apprenticeship, hide glues and trying to always make money despite the best efforts of a Local Bank Manager. Remember them?


Tell you what I'll leave it there and let you decide but here's the thing, I'm more than happy to pass it on for free but if if you read it can you pass it on and cover the postage to the next member? Will that work?
Just out of interest I googled his name and found this video.

https://www.huntleyarchives.com/preview ... ge=1016970

First one to reply gets it. Please do the right thing and pass it on in the same manner after. I think some of you guys willl get a lot out of this book, it would be nice if we can pass it on lightly.

Best regards,
Chris
 
Sure. More than happy to participate in that and on those terms. Adrian
 
Excellent idea. We could all sign inside it, maybe ?
 
1 rule. No reading it on the carsi.

I'll take it after Mark. Save his postage.
 
Cool thanks. This is a really nice idea. I imagine we are following the order in this thread, so I will get the address of the next one. We ought each to do a little review after we've read it? A
 
AJB Temple":3k3p5bbv said:
Cool thanks. This is a really nice idea. I imagine we are following the order in this thread, so I will get the address of the next one. We ought each to do a little review after we've read it? A
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That would be me but I should clarify. An I excellent idea it undoubtedly is but count me out. Not my kind of reading material.
 
Give it a go Andy, you might be surprised.
Then again of course, you might not. ;)
 
Thanks Chris, the book arrived safely today. Caused slight confusion as it my wife's birthday - she was hoping for a secret present. :D

I read three chapters this evening. It speaks of events long before I was born, and attitudes of a totally different time. Maybe I will do a review. I can't really imagine these apprentice schemes today.

Great idea for a book pass around and I suggest we do more of this. Can include cookery and baking!

Cheers

Adrian
 
Andyp":2qhg3ndb said:
AJB Temple":2qhg3ndb said:
Cool thanks. This is a really nice idea. I imagine we are following the order in this thread, so I will get the address of the next one. We ought each to do a little review after we've read it? A
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That would be me but I should clarify. An I excellent idea it undoubtedly is but count me out. Not my kind of reading material.
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Same here; great idea but not for me; I’m still only part way through JK’s biography - Rob
 
OK read it. Andy are you next? (It was not clear from your post if you wanted it) - please PM me your address if you are next on the list. I will pay the postage.

Bear in mind it is £6.99 new on amazon and available for less from second had book dealers on line.

Personally I did not take to the man as he adopted a subservient downtrodden approach to life and moaned a lot about other people, his first wife, bank managers, solicitors, landlords, employers and some clients. Clearly a first class maker of reproduction furniture, mainly walnut, though there is almost nothing about the actual making / woodwork as such in the book. Documents loosely his apprenticeship in the 30's and his many workshop moves through to the 1970s. Very much displays the attitudes of those times, which is in itself interesting but hard for me to relate to.

Thanks Chris for sending it. Much appreciated. Hope the next person enjoys it.

Adrian
 
Adrian, thanks but no thanks it is not my kind of read and even if it was I would not expect anyone to post it here.
 
Roger, I think you are next then. Please remind me of your address. Adrian
 
If no one else wants it, I can drop it into the charity bookshop in Tunbridge Wells. I have a load ready to go.
 
Thanks Mark. I responded earlier this morning and it has now been posted via wife mail. Cheers, Adrian
 
AJB Temple":5ws2h4jl said:
Roger, I think you are next then. Please remind me of your address. Adrian
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Sorry, missed this one.
 
I thought this was an interesting idea of Chris's. I like to read about the past and if there's anything there about woodworking that's right up my street. So rather than wait my turn, I spent £2.28 on my own copy, delivery included.

I've finished it now. Adrian has summed it up pretty well. There's a lot about his struggles with the world but almost nothing about furniture making.

I'd never quite understand the appeal of antique repro work. It was disappearing from view by the time I was buying furniture and now that I could probably afford some I just don't want it.

Perhaps I am just as hard to please as Mr Coleman!

But if anyone else wants a copy to keep, I could send them this one - I don't feel the need to hang on to it.
 
I think I found it interesting because it wasn't all about woodwork Andy. I enjoyed the earlier parts about the workshops and apprenticeships that are so far in the past now. I agree that it has a distinctive flavour, a bit like game, it's probably not for everyone.
 
@Dave novocaine

I'll pass this to you now if that's alright. I'm in no frame of mind to be reading about someone else's misery right now (especially if there's little about the actual woodworking which is what interested me) so let me know how/when best to pass on and I'll catch it another time round.

Cheers
Mark
 
this made it as far as me, but much like Mark, I haven't found the time nor the inclination to read it. I took it with me recently on a work trip to Denmark were I'd normally find the time of an evening to read, but I didn't make it past the first few pages before finding it somewhat hard going and of little interest to me.

So I'm going to pass it on now, who would like it, PM me your address and I'll get it in the post this week.

Dave
 
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