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THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD

I was living on Fulwood Road in Sheffield at the time and my friend Charlie lived round the corner up by Ranmoor Church. One day, Charlie gave me a call to see If I fancied going down to Earls Court for the Pink Floyd concert that coming weekend.

It seems that Charlie knew this guy who had been involved in Woodstock and was now somehow involved in lighting the Earls Court concert. Charlie had wangled us a job, working as follow-spot operators for £10 a night. So we were going to see the concert and get paid for doing so. Brilliant!

We drove down in my

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