Wednesday, 12 October 2016

A LETTER FROM CHURCH...



DOUG CHURCH was the IPC art editor and a really nice man.  When the Youth Group was moved from KING'S REACH TOWER down the road to IRWIN HOUSE in preparation for being sold to ROBERT MAXWELL, I often used the desk adjacent to Doug's when I was working.  We shared many of the same musical tastes, and the above note is Doug's thank you for a couple of compilation tapes I did for him of AL JOLSON and BING CROSBY (and friends).

I hope he's now enjoying a happy retirement, and long may he do so.  What a great character.
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4 comments:

  1. Standby4action12 October 2016 at 07:59

    Al Jolson? Yes please Kid.How on earth did YOU have Jolson stuff back then???
    Norman - his other fan!

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  2. Kid12 October 2016 at 08:08

    We're only talking 1986, and there's never been a point in time (once he became famous) when Al's records haven't been available. Braw chanter, isn't he?

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  3. Anonymous12 October 2016 at 13:10

    Today would have been my father's 89th birthday (he died in 1999, aged 71). He was born just 6 days after the release of "The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson which was the first ever film to include sound.

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  4. Kid12 October 2016 at 18:24

    Pour yourself a wee drinkie, CJ, and wish your dad a happy birthday.

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