ps I served petrol in garage & said bollocking was in good spirits. We stocked #LenaMartell thereafter. My shift partner John & I had a rare giggle about it. Our mum's were both fizzing that we hadn't got autographs. A nice memory. John was a mathematical genius heading on to be an rich actuary. 🙂

Sorry to hear #LenaMartell has left us at 86yrs. A fine voice & she seemed a modest woman on the whole. My memory of her is; she was very much loved both as a performer & a person. I got a bollocking from her journalist pal when she discovered our VW garage didn't have cassette tapes by Martell 🙏🙂

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An #Otwituary for singer #LenaMartell

Yesterday’s gone; the ballrooms fall
to the wrecking balls of talent show
and karaoke. A woman takes the mic
and rakes among the ruins of a heart,
pokes at the embers of a gospel tune,
does every day what she has to do.