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Sat 08 Aug 2007All shook upConor Bowman, an Elvis fan since he was a boy, had always vowed to visit Graceland, the singer's home. Now, 30 years after Presley's death, what would the reality be like?I was 12 when he died. In my blue Farah drainpipes, and with Gola runners instead of suede on my feet, I was the only Teddy boy in Galway in 1977. He was everywhere for months, on television and in every newspaper and magazine I could butcher with my mother's scissors as I foraged for cuttings for my scrapbook.