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Grocer Jack (Excerpt From A Teenage Opera) – Keith West with The Mark Wirtz Orchestra
So that was Madge. And, believe it or not, she did help me with a case shortly after. One I couldn’t have solved on my own without her help.
The client was John Coffey. He was well known in the manor, a self-made millionaire who owned five south London supermarkets. Streatham, East Dulwich, Norwood, Camberwell, and his headquarters in Brixton on the main road to Clapham Common. He was no Tesco, but he was very successful, and was well-liked, good to his staff and customers as far as the local word went. His stores were simply named Coffey Shops, before coffee shops started to take over our high streets. I’d spent many a hard-earned sovereign on food and wine in his establishments over the years with
