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Tony retired last Sunday, and Richard unveiled a plaque in his honour on the organ.<\/p>\n<p>Tony is also well known, in Abingdon, as a supporter of the charity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/\">Mencap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Garrard has been the regular organist at Trinity Church, playing Sundays, Weddings, and Funerals since 1981. Revd Richard Bittleston, thanking Tony for his commitment, and unfailing attendance over 28 years in what is a voluntary post, calculated that Tony had spent two years of his life at the Trinity Keyboard. 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