Comments on: the memory of fingers http://thingsthatstrikeme.org/2010/02/the-memory-of-fingers/ I used to be famous. I used to be Winds and Breezes Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:17:40 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Niall http://thingsthatstrikeme.org/2010/02/the-memory-of-fingers/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Niall Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:56:19 +0000 http://thingsthatstrikeme.org/?p=506#comment-204 You have just reminded me of Martin Walton, the founder of Waltons, and the times that I spent visiting his shop with my parents when I was a child. Martin and my father grew up together. My father loved classical music. His mother could play anything on the piano. She also sang (contralto) with the Moody-Manners Opera Company - a very long time ago. My mother also loved to play the piano and I remember how unhappy she was when she could no longer play owing to arthritis in her fingers. You have just reminded me of Martin Walton, the founder of Waltons, and the times that I spent visiting his shop with my parents when I was a child. Martin and my father grew up together.

My father loved classical music. His mother could play anything on the piano. She also sang (contralto) with the Moody-Manners Opera Company – a very long time ago. My mother also loved to play the piano and I remember how unhappy she was when she could no longer play owing to arthritis in her fingers.

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