tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post2775467467162202396..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: From the Archives: The Tale of a Teenaged Sailor (and Embroiderer), 1850Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-72680557232932789702016-08-16T17:07:14.559-04:002016-08-16T17:07:14.559-04:00Thanks for this beautiful photograph & memoria...Thanks for this beautiful photograph & memorial to Warren Opie, Boy Seaman!<br /><br />My husband's grandfather rose from Boy Seaman to the rank of Rear Admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy ca. 1919-1964, and he was an avid twentieth-century needleworker. We still have some of the crewelwork Grampa did aboard ship during The War (WWII), when needlecrafts were still a popular and space-saving pasttime. Grampa continued to use his needle during and after his service--altar frontals and banners for his church, emblems for each ship he served on, and the seats of six dining-room chairs still in use by my Mother-in-Law. Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.com