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    Alderlea Secondary School Shard End

    Thanks so much Charles for your extended memories. Would you be willing for me to include them in the short bio we are putting together for him?
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    Alderlea Secondary School Shard End

    Thank you so much Viv. I have read somewhere that Jeff was in the Choir - and I believe the Choir was Dad's responsibility at the time Jeff was at the school - so it seems logical. It would be nice to confirm it from a primary source though. I have heard Jeff in interviews cite his own father...
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    Alderlea Secondary School Shard End

    Thanks for sharing this. I'm sure my Dad recognised your talent! :-)
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    Traditional Songs we sang at school

    Hi Charles, Thanks for sharing your memories of my Dad (Mr. Bleach with an 'l'). Grumpy? Really? ... I supose I can imagine that. ;-) But he certainly had a passion for music which, like his goatee beard, he carried through his whole life. Sadly he passed away earlier this month. I'm so happy...
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    Alderlea Secondary School Shard End

    Hi Charles and everyone else. I am Mr. Bleach's son. Unfortunately, he sadly died earlier this month and I was fishing around here to see if there was any evidence behind the family myth that he was Jeff Lynne's Choir Master. It made me chuckle to hear he had a nickname. I'm not sure if it was...
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