John Grist

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Since my Dad’s moved in with his mom (my grandmother) he’s been reorganizing her Kent farmhouse, which involved bringing a few older bits of art to the fore. Here is an image of one of my late Grandfather’s factories – a man after whom I appear to have been named (John Grist). I’m not entirely sure what it made. It does look impressive though.

I’d like to see a photograph of the actual factory it represents, but perhaps they don’t exist anywhere. Dad?

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My grandfather was in industry (maybe oil?) and also worked on the bomb squad in World War 2. He loved race horses and owned several. For a while he had a yacht, and we went out on it once as little kids.

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  1. He didn’t actually own the factory- just designed the stuff it contains. That’s what he did; he ran a business that designed things like silos and pipelines. He didn’t manufacture them himself. And all he had by way of a business premises was a small office in a village in Kent.

    Yes, you were named after him 🙂

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      Ah, got it- cheers Dad! I must have known I was named after him, but I hadn’t recollected that for so long it felt like new information. Interesting that his name is on all my books, and on this website.

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