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I don't have a pic of my grandad to hand, but he was a WW2 naval engineer, who joined the English Navy when he was 16. He met my grandma in Fremantle where she worked at a munitions factory. He was a very quiet man who enjoyed bowls, darts and the occasional flutter at the pokies. He always won things like door prizes - an uncanny amount.