Foreword
From the beaches of California to the rainforests of Brazil and the holy mountains of Jerusalem, a love for Johnny Marr and his music is a universal phenomenon that transcends the boundaries of geography and culture. Since the Johnny Marrvellous Network’s inception in 2014, fans from over 30 countries have come together to share in the excitement over new albums, tours, and even beyond that, form friendships based on a shared love. In this book, for Johnny’s birthday, 55 fans from across the globe have taken the time to share with him a favourite part of their hometown. Happy Birthday, Johnny! Joyeux anniversaire! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Buon Compleanno! Feliz Aniversário! !יום הולדת שמח Here’s to many more to come...
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny, As I think you’re the perfect Renaissance man, I hope you’ll come soon to the city where it all began. Happy birthday and lots of love, Elena Vignolini Florence, Italy
PANORAMA FROM VILLA BARDINI'S GARDEN, FLORENCE PHOTO BY ELENA VIGNOLINI
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny, Sao Paulo is a city that encompasses chaos and beauty and thou gh I’ve lived here all my life, your outlook on urban spaces was what made me star t appreciating its peculiarities. Hope you get to experience it soon! Thank you for your music and overall aceness. Happy bir thday and lots of love, Erica Pucci xx BIZARRE STREET, SAO PAULO PHOTO BY ERICA PUCCI
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POSTCARD Happy Birthday Johnny To the masterfully melodic musician that metamorph-a-sized my meandering morbid melancholia of youth, Catching me through music, the Pied Piper, lead me away, mendacity/malaise abandoned Happy 55th, still Marvelous - Josephine Ramos, San Francisco
CITY LIGHTS BOOKSHOP, SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO BY JOSEPHINE RAMOS
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny, There’s not much to say that hasn’t been said already but all I can really say is thank you for everything you have done to make my life a happy one x Lots of Love Liv Parker
SAHMRI BUILDING, ADELAIDE PHOTO BY LIV PARKER
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POSTCARD Johnny, I’m out here daily either on my bicycle or in my running shoes. It’s my daily dose of sanity. Thanks for being both the inspiration that gets me out here as well as the fuel that keeps me going! Wishing you a very Happy Birthday! Much Love, MJ Zander
NORTH CENTRAL TRAIL, NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY PHOTO BY MJ ZANDER
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Congrats on Call The Comet...Past Present Future I’m confident you will forever stay Magic! You inspired me to pick up a guitar. You encouraged me to keep on with my photography. You looked out for me, when others did not. THANK YOU! Nalinee D x ANANTARA SIAM HOTEL, BANGKOK PHOTO BY NALINEE DARMRONG
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Saw you at the Teragram Ballroom earlier this year and it was the highlight of the year for me! Wishing you and Angie both a very happy birthday. Here’s to many more fruitful years to come.
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Thanks, Guy
Manchester
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny, Greetings from a modernist Loughborough. Wishing you a happy birthday and looking forward to seeing you in Manchester. The album is a masterpiece but we can’t let that go to your head, so just 9/10...ha! You never fail to impress. Consistency darling, an admirable asset! Cheers Adi Harrold
LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, LOUGHBOROUGH PHOTO BY ADI HARROLD
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Thanks for being such a positive role model and inspiration. The world needs more people like you. Many happy returns! Alex & Sara x (fellow vegans, runners, teetotallers & music lovers)
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CROSSING LIONS GATE BRIDGE, VANCOUVER PHOTO BY ALEX & SARA LAJUD
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny, Thank you so much for the wonderful music! It has meant so much in my life for many years now, it has brought me delight, relief … it has brought me up in difficult moments. Happy birthday and let the inspiration be always with you! Best wishes, Donka CHAIKA, BULGARIA PHOTO BY DONKA PETROVA
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Happy birthday - Mazel Tov! Hope you have a brilliant day. Thank you for everything. Please please please let me get what I want and come to Israel next year! We love you here. Love, Amir
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A’HAD HA’AM STREET, TEL AVIV PHOTO BY AMIR LAVI
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny. I stood outside, gazing up, on one of those mornings when the rain soaks the pavement and the Irish still say ‘it’s pissing down’. It was the summer of 2018, I was nearly 44 years old.
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To the guy with the best haircut AND the most formidable guitar chops in the entire universe: Happy Birthday! If I’m even 1/100th as cool as you are when I’m 55, I’ll be a happy man. - David Lee
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TATE MODERN, LONDON PHOTO BY DAVID LEE
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny,
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You are a true genius! I admire that you found a passion for music at such a young age. A s the years went by, you per fected your
craft so brilliantly. Music touches people. Thank choosing to become a musician. I am one of your biggest fans! B est wishes, Ingrid
BROOKLYN BRIDGE, NEW YORK PHOTO BY INGRID GLASGOW
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POSTCARD Hi Johnny,
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On 31st October we will be the same age. In that time I’ve been to many gigs. But yours stand out, they’re different. The atmosphere, a vibe, an energy. There is love in the room. It’s been quite a journey & it ain’t over yet. Love Freddie
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Hi Hello Johnny! T hank you for coming to Berlin on your special Call
the Comet launch tour! I was so happy to see you
for the f i rst time, even though I have been a fan for many years.
Call the Comet is my album of 2018, without doubt!
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Award! You deserve it!
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Congratulations on winning GQ Lifetime Achievement And last not but least: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Lots of love, Annika xx
HAUS SCHWARZENBERG, BERLIN PHOTO BY ANNIKA KRÜGER
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Thank you for the music that’ll always be a source of inspiration & solace to me, and for all the ways you’ve impacted me - from lovely people I’ve met at your gigs, to the bands/interests your work introduced me to.
Happy birthday! May the Comet come this year... HOTEL CINEMA, TEL AVIV PHOTO BY EMMA PALOR
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POSTCARD Johnny, Thanks to you 2018 is proving to be a great year: a brilliant new album, fantastic memories of the album launch show in Dublin and the prospect of catching several of your UK tour shows! Have a brilliant day - I hope you find your very own rainbow with a pot of birthday gold! Alison x CASTLE ROCK BEACH, COUNTY DONEGAL PHOTO BY ALISON MOORE
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POSTCARD Happy birthday, Johnny! Hope you’re well. I’d like to say
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that your new album brought beautiful memories to me,
my girlfriend, and mum once again. Your music is part of the glue that keeps us together. 2018’s been an incredible year - may it keep getting better for all of us!
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STONE ARCH BRIDGE, MINNEAPOLIS PHOTO BY RILEY LANGSTON
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny
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Through my teenage years and the last few years, your music has been a guiding light. Reading “Set the Boy Free” I got to know the man behind the music. Happy Birthday and See you in November. Yours Craig x
WESTERN SKY TO TOWER HILL, GOUROCK PHOTO BY CRAIG SPENCE
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POSTCARD Hi Hello Johnny!
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This is the Parada Inglesa Station on Sao Paulo underground’s blue line, a big part of my daily life that I’m certain you will be able to appreciate, unlike most people in the city. Thanks for inspiring me with your art. Happy Birthday. Love xx PARADA INGLESA STATION, SAO PAULO PHOTO BY FERNANDA MARQUES
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Happy birthday to my favourite guitarist ever! Hope you have a rockin’ day and get loads of cool pressies.
Hope you’ll bring the comet to Australia soon! - Xavier xo
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DARLINGHURST, SYDNEY PHOTO BY XAVIER MOORE
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and most importantly, happy birthday! I’m so glad you’re thriving and still making great music and
continuing to explore your creativity, while staying
true to yourself and just being a good f lipping person. T he world needs more people like you. Love from Finland!
LEPPÄVAARA'S HORSE RIDING SCHOOL, ESPOO, FINLAND PHOTO BY LAURA MÄLKIÄ
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POSTCARD Hi, Johnny!
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As a 16 year old child in Huddersfield, just over the Pennines from Manchester, when I first heard Rank it set me on a path that would change my life forevermore. This is just to say a huge THANK YOU! - Mrs Angie J Cooke née Lewis
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IVANHOES, HUDDERSFIELD PHOTO BY ANGIE COOKE
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Dear Johnny,
If there was a way to unfreeze most beautiful buildings in the world, the streets would be f illed with the sound of your music. Your incredible gift to transcribe and compose continues to inspire new forms of art for me, and everyone. Happy Birthday, Music of the Universe!
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ONTARIO PLACE, TORONTO CYANOTYPE PRINT BY NATALIA TCHERNIAK
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POSTCARD Hey Johnny, My highlight of this year was seeing you in concert for the first time (Berlin). Excited to repeat the experience in November (Glasgow and Milano!). You’ve been my hero since we were both in our teens! Can’t wait to meet you in person . Have an amazing birthday, Johnny. You deserve it! Much love, Linda X MARINA CORRICELLA, PROCIDA PHOTO BY LINDA POULNOTT
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This photo was taken at the Japanese Gardens here in San Francisco - a place I think you’d like the vibe of. Hope you’ll come back to the Bay Area soon! In the meanwhile: have a fantastic birthday, and enjoy yourself. Rock on! - David JAPANESE TEA GARDEN, SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO BY DAVID CASTILLO
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny, Thank you for music you’ve created & the comfort it brought to me during the most difficult time of my life. The albums were there for me in a way that I can’t quite put into words. Maligayang kaarawan! Happy birthday! Here’s to many many more!
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From Lee. LAPEER, MICHIGAN PHOTO BY LEE DELA CRUZ
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny, As a fan of your music, collaborations, and projects over the last almost 30 years, it’s with great joy and admiration that I’d like to wish you a Happy Birthday! Greetings from the Pacific Northwest of the US, and myself and your other fans are looking forward to seeing you on your upcoming tour. Best Regards, Frank Massaro Seattle, WA LOPEZ ISLAND, WASHINGTON PHOTO BY FRANK MASSARO
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POSTCARD Hi Johnny, From the first time I heard the guitar on This Charming Man at my cousin’s in Ireland, to your lament on We Can’t Stop What’s Coming - you’ve scored every sweet and sorrowful moment in my life. With much love, respect and 55 warm wishes, Steven Carroll, Welwyn
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RIDE OUT INTO LONDON PHOTO BY STEVEN CARROLL
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POSTCARD Hi Johnny!
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Hope you are well! Congratulations for Call the
Comet, a brilliant album! Have a Happy Birthday, may this special day brings to you much health,
happiness and creativity to play guitar! Hope see you soon on tour in South America! Lots of love! Amelia Kubota
BOSQUE DOS JEQUITIBA, CAMPINAS CITY, SÃO PAULO PHOTO BY AMELIA KUBOTA
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I saw your video about the story of the riff for
Heaven Knows I´m Miserable Now and felt such an
amazing passion that it made me think, It´s never too late for doing something you love. I´m 44 and just started learning to play the guitar. Love,
Leticia Toussaint
PALENQUE RUINS, MÉXICO PHOTO BY LETICIA TOUSSAINT
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POSTCARD Happy Birthday from the birthplace of the Modern Olympics, Much Wenlock. It’s an utter pleasure to be able to wish you a Happy Birthday. Over the years the quality and sheer breath of sophisticated virtuosity of your music has been stunning to behold. Long may you continue to make music of real intelligence, true soul and absolute grace. PS: Get in the studio with Barney, post haste!!
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POSTCARD Hi Hello from Detroit! Wishing you a wonderful birthday while on your world tour. I can’t wait to hear Call the Comet live in Buffalo, NY. That will make the third tour and state I’ve seen you in. Hopefully I’ll get another guitar pick for my collection! Best wishes, Valerie DETROIT CENTRAL STATION, MICHIGAN PHOTO BY VALERIE FRED
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny,
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How dull life in rural Sweden would be without your music, and how long those cold, dark
winter months would be without the energy and warmth you radiate!
I am forever grateful for your art.
Thank you for keeping me warm and content. All my love, Emelié
VÄSTRA GÖTALAND, WESTERN SWEDEN PHOTO BY EMELIÉ UNGER
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I thought you would approve of this message! It’s on the remains of the Berlin Wall, also known as the East Side Gallery. Wishing you the greatest birthday imaginable, and thank you so much for coming to play in Berlin this year, it was a great night!
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Regards,
Manchester
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POSTCARD Thank you for this amazing, inexhaustible musical journey. Happy Birthday Johnny! - Elisabetta MILAN CENTRAL STATION, ITALY PHOTO BY ELISABETTA BONNUCCELLI
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POSTCARD Lá breithe sásta, Johnny!
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Modest Smith and guitar swami
Living life with grace and measure While creating aural pleasure
Seeking, learning, spirit yearning
Creating, relating, eschewing debating Poise, class, never crass
A conscience with tremendous mass Celebrate the double five With ideas in overdrive
Continue to impress and thrive! - Maria Melioumi
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Dear Johnny Thank you so much for the new album it is the best thing I have heard this year so far.
Looking forward to seeing you in Liverpool in November
Happy birthday buddy.
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OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE PHOTO BY ADAM ROBERTS
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POSTCARD Johnny — Your philosophy and music will remain with me and continue to be a part of my identity till the end. Onward. - Edward Kim
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Dear Johnny, I have been a massive fan of yours since I first heard The Messenger back in 2013. Your solo albums have been a constant on my turntable for the past 5 years, and you have outdone yourself with Call The Comet. It is a masterpiece and you should be rightfully proud of yourself. Thank you for being an inspiration, and basically the coolest dude ever.
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All the best,
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Gabriel Holland
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GETTY CENTER, LOS ANGELES PHOTO BY GABRIEL HOLLAND
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Many thanks for being the soundtrack to my life. You truly are the only artist I’ll see repeatedly over and over on the same tour and without question will always go home happy. Appreciatively, Daniel Ferguson
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Dear Johnny,
through your music I got in touch with so many
lovely people. It also made me visit your hometown Manchester which we really love. We saw a lot of
gigs there - your gig at Manchester Albert Hall was
absolutely spot on. Happy birthday and thank you for your brilliant music!
Big hugs (remember Berlin?), Sabine xxx
NEW CASTLE, INGOLSTADT PHOTO BY SABINE KACZYNSKI
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Dear Johnny, Through your music I have no t only discovered my own twin pa ssions for the gu itar and floral shir ts, bu t also discovered an ama zing fan communit y, and made some wonder ful friends. You are one of the few people who truly deser ve the title of “hero”, and you cer tainly are mine. Lo ts of love from somewhere just down the road, probably! Daisy xxx PS: Where do you ge t your shir ts?! WHITWORTH PARK, MANCHESTER PHOTO BY DAISY BATES
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Happy 55th Birthday! MCFC OK!
Cheers, Raymond & Laura
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Dear Johnny, You’re such a great inspiration to me. The photo is a bit of inspiration I have from my place! I wish you and Angie a wonderful birthday! I can’t wait to meet you again (whether in Brazil or in the UK). Best wishes, Fatima Kubota MORUMBI, WEST ZONE, SÃO PAULO PHOTO BY FÁTIMA KUBOTA
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Your music means everything to me. Thank you for being you. Joyeux Anniversaire!
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Best wishes,
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I don’t know what to say that hasn’t already
been said about how much joy and pleasure you
have brought to so many people, so I just want to say thank you. Luv,
Chris Beattie
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DENBIGH CASTLE, WALES PHOTO BY CHRIS BEATTIE
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POSTCARD I just want to thank you for the incredible
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It has brought me company, solace in times of
upset and countless hours of joy. Looking forward to seeing you play Manchester in November! Happy Birthday mate. - Callum Rhodes.
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Thank you for giving me the soundtrack to my life through good times and bad. Keep going, because I have many years to go. Cheers Jay
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When I first heard ‘The Messenger’, I was told my dad had passed away suddenly. Days later I discovered The Smiths who’ve cradled me time and again through the most difficult periods of my life. Thanks for the music and happy birthday, see you at Limelight! William Boyd
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Dear Johnny, Call The Comet has become such a special album to me and is now one of my most favourite albums of all time. I’ve not felt this level of musical enthusiasm towards anyone for a number of years now and am very much enjoying the ride!
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Wishing you the very best for a wonderful birthday.
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The positive impact you’ve had on my life is so profound that no words seem quite adequate. Thank you for encouraging me to become a better version of myself. That’s the biggest gift anyone could ever give.
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Love, Aly xx
Manchester
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POSTCARD Dear Johnny, Thank you for the radiant, unashamed enthusiasm that seeps into every note you play. Thank you for your support, your patience and for your wisdom. It’s been a crazy ride so far, but that’s the only way to go. Happy, happy Birthday! Be Inspired :-) -Ory. X YMCA THREE ARCHES HOTEL, JERUSALEM PHOTO BY ORY ENGLANDER
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We’d like to extend our sincerest thanks to everybody who took the time to contribute to this project: Daisy Bates Chris Beattie Elisabetta Bonnuccelli William Boyd Steve Carroll David Castillo Angie Cooke Raymond & Laura Critchlow Lee Dela Cruz Nalinee Darmrong Freddie Fellows Daniel Ferguson Ingrid Glasgow Steven Greenaway Guy Griffin Adi Harrold Tomas Hartmann
Gabriel Holland Sabine Kaczynski Edward Kim Lauren Kochheim Annika Krüger Amelia Kubota Fátima Kubota Alex & Sara Lajud Riley Langston Amir Lavi David Lee Sacha Lienard Laura Mälkiä Fernanda Marques Frank Massaro Maria Melioumi Alison Moore Xavier Moore
Jason Oliver Emma Palor Liv Parker Donka Petrova Paul Plimmer Linda Poulnott Érica Pucci Josephine Ramos Callum Rhodes Adam Roberts Catherine Smith Craig Spence Natalia Tcherniak Leticia Toussaint Emlié Unger Fred Valerie Elena Vignolini MJ Zander
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I NDE X AUSTRALIA, Adelaide ................................................................. 11 AUSTRALIA, Melbourne ........................................................... 111 AUSTRALIA, Sydney ................................................................... 47 BRAZIL, São Paulo ........................................................ 7, 45, 65, 95 BULGARIA, Chaika ...................................................................... 23 CANADA - Toronto .................................................................. 53, 79 CANADA, Vancouver .................................................................... 21 ENGLAND, Benfleet ................................................................... 105 ENGLAND, Coventry .................................................................... 33 ENGLAND, Edale .......................................................................... 93 ENGLAND, Huddersfield ............................................................ 51 ENGLAND, London ................................................................ 29, 64 ENGLAND, Loughborough ......................................................... 19 ENGLAND, Manchester ............................................................... 91 ENGLAND, Much Wenlock ........................................................ 69 ENGLAND, Oswestry .................................................................... 81 ENGLAND, Wakefield ................................................................ 103 FINLAND, Espoo ........................................................................... 49 FRANCE, Paris ............................................................................... 97 GERMANY, Berlin .................................................................... 35, 75 GERMANY, Ingolstadt ................................................................. 89 IRELAND, County Donegal ........................................................ 39 ISRAEL, Jerusalem ....................................................................... 113 ISRAEL, Tel Aviv ....................................................................... 25, 37
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ITALY, Florence ................................................................................ 5 ITALY, Milan .................................................................................... 77 ITALY, Procida ................................................................................. 55 MEXICO, Palenque ....................................................................... 67 NORTHERN IRELAND, Annaghmore .................................. 107 NORTHERN IRELAND, Newry ................................................. 27 SCOTLAND, Aberdeen ............................................................. 109 SCOTLAND, Gourock .................................................................. 43 SWEDEN, Västra Götaland ......................................................... 73 THAILAND, Bangkok ................................................................... 15 USA, Chicago .................................................................................. 83 USA, Detroit ..................................................................................... 71 USA, Lapeer ..................................................................................... 59 USA, Lopez Island .......................................................................... 61 USA, Los Angeles ...................................................................... 17, 85 USA, Manhattan Beach ................................................................ 99 USA, Minneapolis .......................................................................... 41 USA, New York ................................................................................ 31 USA, Northern Baltimore County .............................................. 13 USA, Pasadena ................................................................................ 87 USA, San Francisco .................................................................... 9, 57 WALES, Denbigh ......................................................................... 101