1959 – Our Father learned to play the accordion at home in Grudiadz in Poland
1959
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when he was young. No TV’s in those days for family entertainment.
The piano was played by me and it’s usual thing where I wished I had continued.
Our father is photographed in the family home 15 Sighthill Street, Edinburgh.
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