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Went to The Crown Inn with Spit last night to pay a surprise visit to my Junior 3 teacher Mr Rob Carroll who was playing with Zingari Swing. Even got him to sign the first of many spelling prizes he bought me back in 1981.

Miss Mary Brady was there too but didn't want to be in the photo - her hand is in the bottom right corner of the main shot though!

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Labels: Firswood, Rob Carroll, St. Teresa, Stretford, zingari swing

Mr (Rob) Carroll, my Junior 3 teacher from my primary school (St. Teresa's), gave me this record when I gave him a load of my Dad's old body building magazines. Looking at the back of the album sleeve for when the album was released, it must have been at least 1984 when I was at St. Bede's. The cover photo was produced by my Junior 4 teacher, Mr (Mike) Szczeblewski.

Thanks to the magic of a record player deck, stereo converter jack, a PC running Audacity, a 10.1mp digital camera (for the album artwork) and iTunes, I have now got his music playing on my iPod Touch.

It looks like he is still playing, since after a quick Google search I found this web site about Zingari Swing. He is on the right of the photo - I think it is his brother on the left of the shot.

Labels: Gentleman Soldier, Mike Szczeblewski, Rob Carroll, St. Teresa, Who'll Be A Soldier, zingari swing