Got Started Young

I was scrolling through some old photographs of my father’s, Ted Limbrick, construction projects when I was little boy. There are not a lot of old photographs like this one since photographing your profession really was not a priority back in the day. That has certainly changed with our phone’s having very capable cameras in them! I came across this photo that was taken during the renovation of the old (original) Mary Washington Hospital in downtown Fredericksburg in the late 70’s. At second glance I noticed that the little boy in the photograph was I. I was about eight years old here wearing corduroy pants and the cowboy boots that I would never take off. I had received them for Christmas that year and they were my prized possession, along with a big brass belt buckle that I adored. I spent a while looking at this photograph because it brought back so many memories. I remember running around this jobsite, as I did on so many of Dad’s projects. Weekends and Summer days would find me riding shotgun in a dark green Ford F-100 pick up truck (that you can see in other photographs in our Throwback Gallery). I enjoyed nothing more than helping my father out on the job. Of course the only duties that I was qualified to perform was cleaning up material scraps, sweeping or moving dirt and gravel with a shovel but I did them all with gusto. I remember that dump truck and the Caterpillar tractor that is off frame to the right. I later grew big enough to operate that tractor and drive that dump truck. I remember learning to drive that old green F-100 with the Three on the Tree column shifter when I was about twelve years old. I never looked back. I loved the construction environment and dreamed about the day I would leave my child’s toys behind and only use the “grownups” toys. Now, here I am approximately forty two years later living that very same dream. I still ride shotgun with my dad sometimes and he rides shotgun with me in a white Ford F-150 this time. To see more images like this one, visit us on the web at www.tedlimbrick.com and head over to our Throwback Gallery.