gave me my first penknife at about 8 years old,made me my first catty out of a privet fork,
let me make random stuff in his shed with his old carpentry tools, never did get the knack of wood working lol
taught me about dogs and wildlife luckily there was still watervoles back then in my native dorset.
all this was back in 79/80,s.
oh and first half pint of woodpecker cider at 13 years,i was allowed 3 half pints of woodpecker or autmn gold cider at weekend evenings when visiting.
still remember the twin tub washing machine,black n white portable in kitchen and the old valve set