Skatey...The life of Les Skate
Biography of Les Skate edited and prepared for publication by volunteer biographer Lorraine Blythe on behalf of Eastern Palliative Care October 2019
Biography of Les Skate edited and prepared for publication by volunteer biographer
Lorraine Blythe on behalf of Eastern Palliative Care October 2019
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<strong><strong>Skate</strong>y</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Life <strong>of</strong> <strong>Les</strong> <strong>Skate</strong><br />
But Tim always wants to move on and test his skills. <strong>The</strong>y ended up buying a five-acre block<br />
in another part <strong>of</strong> Chirnside Park in a more rural area, on the north side <strong>of</strong> Switchback<br />
Road and proceeded to build a state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art home. Which it is! I’m not game to touch<br />
anything there. It’s all touch button. You talk in your phone and the blinds go up. All that<br />
sort <strong>of</strong> thing.<br />
But Tim always wants to<br />
move on and test his skills<br />
<strong>The</strong> first thing he built there was quite a big workshop<br />
which he’s added on to now. Because <strong>of</strong> the business<br />
he can get all the steel he needs. He has a full-time<br />
welder work there and he does all the steel. <strong>The</strong> rest<br />
<strong>of</strong> it is storage … for his boats and our old vintage<br />
car…the Chevy. Plus, all his workshop equipment that he needs for jobs.<br />
<strong>Les</strong> with his 1928<br />
Chevy, that is stored in<br />
Tim’s shed where the<br />
restoration took place.<br />
It took <strong>Les</strong> and Tim<br />
only 12 months to do<br />
the restoration over<br />
2012-2013. Word has it<br />
that <strong>Les</strong> had to be<br />
banned from going on<br />
weekends so he didn’t<br />
drive everyone mad!<br />
<strong>The</strong> second photo was<br />
taken on <strong>Les</strong>’ 90 th<br />
birthday. He and the<br />
Chevy were the same<br />
age.<br />
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