Mechanical Memories Magazine

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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