>Terry,
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>> .. The idea of having umbrella parts, and someone making a living out of fixing them, is so alien here now. ..
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>Normaly it need a close look around. I know at least one shop that repairs umbrellas.
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>He works for irreplaceable parts. (And sells the cheap ones too).

Agnes

I don't know if you know the old-old song, from the 20s or 30s (as might have been sung by the likes of Laurel & Hardy): "Any umberellas, any umberellas, to fix today ..." from the days when there were street hawkers calling it up to the houses and shops.

Terry