My family name is written on this pen, so the
pen represents all my family. My grandfather set up a business and he had many
pens with the family name on it made.
Monday 7 January 2019
My pen. By Gaëtan C.
My favourite cultural heritage object is a pen because,
for me and for my family, it was and is a very important thing. My grandfather
gave his son, my father, this pen. My father has now given me this object. I
never knew my grandfather and so, for me, this pen is a reminder of him that is
with me all the time.
Saturday 22 December 2018
Monday 10 December 2018
Thursday 6 December 2018
My First Communion necklace. By Noëllia T.
My most precious object is a necklace. It’s a family heirloom; my
grandmother gave it to me for my First Communion. It was a present from her
mother for her First Communion. In fact, this necklace has come down four
generations. This object allows me to remember my family on my father’s side.
Sunday 2 December 2018
A rag doll. By Camille B.
My favourite object is a rag doll. My
great-grandmother was a member of a club for elderly people when she was 80
years old. With her friends, she made rag dolls for the Christmas market, to
collect funds for children in hospital. Without telling us anything, she made
us an extraordinary doll which she gave us but she didn’t have time to finish
it, because she was hospitalized because of stomach pains. During her stay in the
hospital, she asked us to bring the doll to her so that she could finish it. But,
she died a few days later. I think she knew she wouldn’t live long. The rag
doll was probably an object she wanted us to remember her by.
Monday 26 November 2018
My necklace. By Héléna B.
I’m
not a materialistic person, so I’m not attached to objects even if they do
remind me of my various trips. Furthermore, I don’t, because of family history,
have something I could call a family heirloom as such… But, I do have a
particular attachment to my necklace.
It
is made up of three pendants:
The
first one on the left is a medallion showing Saint Anne. It reminds me of a
period of my life. It was a difficult period but I was happy nonetheless. So, a
mix of emotions.
The
second one in the middle is a triangle with, in its centre, a Celtic symbol.
The triangle is a symbol of my beliefs, and I wear a Celtic symbol because I’m
fond of Cernunnos, the Celtic God (I bought it in Ireland and it was supposed
to be made of silver but actually it is not, so I got "ripped off” but I
don’t mind).
The
last, but not the least important, on the right, is a spiral. You can see this
spiral drawn in most prehistoric caves but, for me, it just represents life,
like the spiral of life.
It isn’t a heritage object as such, but it’s a
necklace that I wear every day, even when I sleep, so it means a lot to me. I
won’t give it to one of my children but I will buy a necklace with a triangle
for each of them as my parents did for my brothers, my sister and me. So, it
won’t become a heritage object, but a family custom!
Sunday 18 November 2018
My Dad's stamp collection. By Yann M.
My father was
a philatelist; he collected stamps as a hobby. He collected more than 600
stamps mostly from Europe, because he travelled a lot throughout Europe. He
managed to collect many of his stamps by swapping with other philatelists or by
buying them in foreign countries.
I think stamp
collecting was a really popular hobby when my dad was young.
He began when he was a kid and stopped when he was about 25.
He began when he was a kid and stopped when he was about 25.
He gave me his
stamp albums to show me that it is important to persevere: his collection
needed travel, time, patience and a lot of motivation.
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