we first met just fifteen months ago. David had visited the Brighton Jukebox show last
year, and afterwards ventured down to the sea front to see me at the museum. I say
'amazingly' because we live only about two miles apart! Since we first met, I've visited
David on a number of occasions and 'made a start' on repairing a couple of his
machines (David, I promise I will finish them). However, it was during my last visit, that
I learnt that we had actually met some thirty five years earlier.
David was telling me about some of his earlier business enterprises, and of
particular interest was his 'Pop Shop ' which he ran from about I 970, for over ten years.
Here he sold greetings cards and ex jukebox records. It was when he mentioned the
location of his shop that I realised that this was the very emporium from which I, as a
young teenager, bought many of my records. As a thirteen year old, records could be
expensive, so the cheaper option was to wait a few months for the jukebox operators to
pass records onto people like David; and buy at a third of the price.
So, I now know that, among other titles, my treasured copy of 'Whole lotta Love ' by
C.C.S. came from David's shop!
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