Thank you.It wa a lot of fun steevc.But like your dad I was over ambitious and in a hurry to make up for lost time.
I played out in 2 pubs with a programme of songs I learned parrot fashion.O.K in the first busy busy pub.No one took much notice amidst the babble of noise.
Disaster in the second pub! I had memorised celebration tunes like happy birthday,but people were asking for songs that reminded them of their courting days,and the embarrasment of that evening brought an end to playing out.
But yes,I have more vivid memories.predominately happy ones, of the music shop & music school than any other business sector I worked in.