Tributes to much-loved Thornbury shop owner
TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved business owner who worked in the town centre for more than 40 years.
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TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved business owner who worked in the town centre for more than 40 years.
He once pedalled vacuums door-to-door and often left with less money than when he arrived. At a Sydney trade show swamped with suits, his âMackay Suitâ â that is, shorts, a popped collar and thongs â caught all the wrong kinds of glances. âPut me in front of the Queen and I wouldnât care,â was the retort. Heâs fought âbig vacuumâ and lost, often. But only the battles. Tony Sant, affectionately known to the people of Mackay as âMy Vacuum Manâ, is still waging war with a world thatâs moving faster than his professional passion...