>>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).
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>Agnes
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>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.
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>Terry

The Umbrella Man.

I've only ever heard it by Kay Kyser's band probably from the 40s (maybe the 30s).