This was sent to me from a friend so I’m not sure of the original source but this is amazing work.
He was regularly see at public functions, especially the cinema and the theatre,
and he always carried a shopping bag for collecting empty bottles and cans.
Albert (Tapper) Torney was his name.
Adults thought he was a bit eccentric and many of the kids would tease him,
until it was discovered that he sold the empty bottles but only discarded some of the cans.
Albert died in 1998 (aged 86) and it was only after his death that his large collection of
model cars, made from scrap aluminum cans, was discovered.
The moral of the story – Never judge a book by its cover, or a sculptor by his shopping bag!
Some of his collection ………………………..
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