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Unpacking scenery from a pantechnicon for the Carl Rosa Opera Company.
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I worked a janitorial job, cleaning university dormitories after students had gone home for the summer. You can’t imagine the condition some of those rooms were in. They could have doubled as sets for a slasher film.
A holiday job as a chambermaid at the Scratchwood Travelodge on the M1. The state some people leave their rooms in was a revelation.
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This morning. Thinking of my wife.
Murray Perahia, because he is a great pianist, and temporarily lost the use of one hand, which prevented him from playing. His courage was beyond description.
Having a heart attack two days after my wife’s funeral.
Basking in the sun.
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