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Vinnie's ABBA Blog

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Welcome to my Blog ABBA - A most indulgent pleasure ABBA Super- stars from Humble Beginnings to Superstardom ABBA have certainly left their mark on the music industry and the world as a whole ABBA’s story begins in Sweden in the late 1960s with two musical couples whose paths crossed through the pop and folk scene. 1. The people before the band formed Björn Ulvaeus was in a popular Swedish folk group called Hootenanny Singers. Benny Andersson played keyboards in the hit Swedish rock band Hep Stars. They met in 1966, started writing songs together, and quickly realized they worked well as a team. 2. Enter Agnetha & Anni-FridAgnetha Fältskog was already a successful solo pop singer in Sweden. Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida) had won a national talent competition and was building her own career. Both women met Björn and Benny through Sweden’s tight-knit music community—and eventually through romantic relationships (Agnetha with Björn, Frida with Benny). 3. Early collaborationsIn 1970, th...
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Photography and my Grandpar

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  Photography and my Grandpar     My late Grandfather John Winter Nicolle was a keen amateur Photographer and a Cabinet Maker and French polisher,   He made cameras out of wood and attached lenses to them,he also had his own dark room where he created the photo below, note there are two of him! remember this was the 40’s and even with Photoshop I would struggle to create this masterpiece in today’s world. He was truly a very talented Man.  The passing of my Grandpa As mentioned above, My grandfather was a professional Freelance photographer, he spent Many hours up at Grosnez, during his youth and as an elder person, my grandfather also spent many hours in Alderney French polishing furniture for the Germans that’s how he escape the camps as he was a French Polisher and cabinet maker. I lost my grandfather in 2014 and on the day he passed I needed some headspace so I went up to one of my favourite places in this case Grosnez to take some photograp...
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My Travels

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  My Travels  Jersey | London | Kefalonia | Stockholm Kefalonia  Kefalonia in Greece   I don’t know what it is, but you know you’re in Kefalonia Greece from the aroma that assails you as soon as you step off the plane, it’s a wonderful deeply herbal smell that infuses the senses.   One of the largest of the Ionian islands and probably one of the most unspoilt, Kefalonia is situated off the west coast of Greece. The island seems to have escaped at the moment mass tourism but has gained popularity in recent years following it’s use as the location for Louis de Bernières ”Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” which was filmed in the old Sami area. The island is developed mainly around the coastal edges with pretty fishing villages and breathtakingly beautiful beaches and although the south has lovely sandy beaches, I prefer the more rugged beaches and crystal blue waters to the north and east of the island like Assos, Mytos & Fiscardo   If there is a holiday des...
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Bespoke Photography

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  Vince Thorne Bespoke Photography “Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.  What you have caught on film is captured forever…
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