In 1928 my grandfather, Robert (Bob) Aspley, started his hardware and lamp business on the main street of Bowling Green, KY. Aspley & Aspley thrived in the following years, and in 1958 my father Robert C. Aspley began running his business Bob Aspley & Sons hardware. Gifts, housewares, glassware, brass goods, and more were all available for purchase. I was about 17 years old when I began working alongside my dad in the repair and restoration of lamps and 45 years later, I am still in the lamp repairing business that I love.
My Mother & Father. Photo taken months after my fathers release from a German prison camp during WWII.
Family owned barge that belonged to my great grandfather.