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Jack’s Station Cafe Memory

Local StoriesGeraldMay 1, 20130

When Italy won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964, I was a 15-year-old boy growing up in the Garw. My friends and I used to gather in the café for a steamed pie and an espresso served from a huge chrome and brass Cimbali Grand Luce.

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