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QUESTO MODELLO DI BARCA FU COSTRUITA DA WILSON GLASS, ABITANTE DELL' ISOLA DI TRISTAN PER D.M BOOYIL QUALE SCRIVE NEL SUO LIBRI "ROCK OF EXILE DEL 1957 A PAG 195 CHE UN GIORNO RICEVETTE IN UN PACCO QUESTO MODELLO DI BARCA A RICORDO DEL TEMPO PASSATO INSIEME . CHI ME L' HA VENDUTA L'HA A CQUISTATA DA MR.D.M. BOOY NEL 1981 E D E' STATA VENDUTA INSIEME A DUE LETTERE CHE BOOODY SCRISSE A MAGGIO E GIUGNO DEL 1981 CHE GLI CONFERMA I DETTAGLI DELLA BARCA.

COME NOTA BISOGNA DIRE CHE WILSON GALSS ERA IL FIGLIO DI BOB GLASS E DELLA SUA SECONDA MOGLIE CHARLOTTE SWAN.

WILSON SPOSO' MARIE ROGERS ED HA AVUTO DUE FIGLI ANNA( OGGI SPOSA DI JOSEPH GREEN) E JAMES GLASS .

TUTTI E DUE SONO STATI CITTADINI DELL'ISOLA .JAMES HA SPOSTAO FELICITY ROGERS E HANNO DUE FIGLI : SARHA E NORMANN.

ANNA HA AVUTO DA JOSEPH GREEN LE FIGLIE IRIS E JOANNE

 

IL MODELLO MISURA 56 CENTIMETRI DI LUNGHEZZA E 17 CM. DI ALTEZZA

IL MODELLO E' IN PERFETTE CONDIZIONI .

IL MODELLO E' STATO VINTO IN EBAY IL 25 GENNAIO 2009 DA ALAN COOPER , IN INGHILTERRA CHE COSI' MI SCRIVE :

Dear tristan1956,

I am glad the boat arrived safely in Italy. It was difficult to wrap due to the shape, I am more used to wrapping books! I have a notebook from Tristan, 1942-43, kept by D. M. Booy when he was on the island, with his signature at the front. Not really sure if I wish to sell it but can send a photocopy if you would like to see it. I do not have a price for it, but might be open to offers! It is something that is difficult to describe here, you would need to see photocopies to get an idea of what it is like. -alan cooper

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THIS MODEL BOAT WAS MADE BY TRISTAN ISLANDER, WILSON GLASS, FOR D. M. BOOY. THE MODEL IS MENTIONED BY D. M. BOOY IN HIS BOOK WHEN HE WROTE: 'ONCE A LOOSELY TIED CARDBOARD BOX ....... FOUND ITS WAY TO MY HOME IN ENGLAND. IT CONTAINED A MODEL ISLAND BOAT MADE BY WILSON GLASS AS A REMINDER OF THE 'GOOD TIMES' WE HAD TOGETHER IN THE EVENINGS AT DAVID'S.' (ROCK OF EXILE, 1957, PAGE 195).

I BOUGHT THIS MODEL FROM D. M. BOOY IN 1981, AND AM OFFERING IT FOR SALE TOGETHER WITH TWO LETTERS FROM D. M. BOOY, DATED MAY & JUNE 1981, WHICH CONFIRM ALL THE DETAILS GIVEN ABOVE ABOUT THE BOAT.

SOME NOTES: WILSON GLASS WAS THE SON OF BOB GLASS AND HIS SECOND WIFE, CHARLOTTE SWAIN. WILSON MARRIED MARIE ROGERS AND HAD TWO CHILDREN, ANNE (MRS JOSEPH GREEN) AND JAMES GLASS. BOTH HAVE BEEN CHIEF ISLANDERS IN RECENT YEARS. JAMES GLASS MARRIED FELICITY ROGERS AND THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDE SARAH GLASS AND NORMAN GLASS. ANNE GREEN HAS DAUGHTERS, IRIS GREEN & JOANNE GREEN.

THE MODELS MEASUREMENTS:

LENGTH= 22 INCHES (56 cms) WIDTH= nearly 7 inches (17 cms).