Memory is a funny thing.
When I listen to music and an Abba track comes on shuffle, and when I see a record player at #RepairCafe, I remember a chap called Tony French. He was a short friendly 'East end' lad. I think he did a bit of plumbing and window cleaning for a living.
Tony was Dad's best friend, he was always around when I was a kid.
He was an Abba fan and back in the late 70s' he asked me if I could repair his record player so he could play his Abba records again. I tried but, as a kid, I didn't know enough to fix it. It was a big piee of furniture and Tony had to put it out for the bin men to collect. He said he would save and buy a new one.
He never did. He found he had lung cancer from smoking and despite a number of operations he died a few months later.
The shock was what Dad needed to stop smoking. Dad never touched cigarettes again.
So when I hear Abba playing, and when I see a record player in for repair, I think of Tony French.
I have an Abba #earworm tonight!
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things /
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