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Jun 17Liked by Sophie Hall

Strong memory of being slightly chilled by the opening seconds of the video on Top Of The Pops with the beautifully melancholic synth chords playing over that close up of some extremely creepy child mannequins in a shop window. Pet Shop Boys were a mainstay in our house as my mum loved 'em. Saw them doing their greatest hits set in Barcelona shortly before she passed away from Alzheimers and was grinning and crying at the same time.

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Aw I'm glad you'll always have that connection from PSB to your mum though!

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