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I’m slowly going through my family history, mostly old photos, so it’s apt that this letter should talk about Dad’s memories of the DeMarco family.

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I used to work in public libraries and I love the imagery of the paper that Dad wrote on coming from some old unused and unwanted book.

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I would love to paint this, turn it into a short story or poem...or maybe just imagine being on the beach staring out at the dark reflection of the sea.

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Dad is talking about the motor racing mechanic Tony Robinson, who started in Grand Prix racing as mechanic to Stirling Moss.

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Thanks to Wiki Joyce became frustrated with life in Trieste and moved to Rome in late 1906, having secured employment as a letter-writing clerk in a bank. He intensely disliked Rome, and moved back to Trieste in early 1907.

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A rare insight into the man I knew as my Dad. I still wonder what troubled him so, and only hope he was able to share it with someone he felt he could trust.

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Have you read any? Do you think any of it is still relevant? I haven’t so I cannot say, however there is no time like the present.

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Dad discovering what was most likely an iPod or something similar. Imagine what it would be like for previous generations to discover something that could hold more music than their vinyl, cassette tape or CD collection - you can’t imagine the wonder unless you are of a certain age. Aren’t we lucky! Do we appreciate it though...?

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I have three siblings, however I grew up apart from them. I can only say what my experience was...”you were a great Dad and you did do your best, however you went too soon”.

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We all have our own opinions about which way the world is going and what the solutions are... I guess we shall see where it ends up?

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Every now and then I will find a handwritten note/s amongst the pages...

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Dad wasn’t a religious man, baptized, attended St. Benedict's (a British co-educational independent Roman Catholic day school situated in the Greater London suburb of Ealing, West London), and died Buddhist.

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Dad wrote a lot about this lovely piece of driftwood shaped like a woman. I often wonder what happened to her...is she still in his shed at home?

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Another update from Dad’s news from May 2009.

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Before Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler, Instagram etc. Dad would have been a social media app of his own.

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Another from the archives of Simon S. DeMarco (circa 2009) - unpublished.

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We have complaints of tip odours in our local area, which we are being encouraged to report (e.g. More complaints = more action). It doesn’t help that we are surrounded by old and new landfill sites.