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bronchitis, and the present of a bottle of whiskey, which would "loosen him out", was always welcome. He spoke with a distinct
Northern Irish accent and addressed everyone as "boss". "If I had my sight, boss", he would say, "I'd be conducting an orchestra on a cruiser." At one time he played the organ in Saint Mathew's Church, Belfast. As there was an icy draught in the church, his bald head felt cold. Carl asked for and received permission to wear a priest's black beretta, which confused everyone.
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Bibliography: Although a huge, well-built man, he was shy and retiring by nature. If it were not for his bald head and the forbidding round dark glasses that he always wore, he could have been described as a handsome man. In later life he had
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