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[poliphilo]

That song I posted earlier is one I remember from my childhood. No, I wasn't around in the early 1930s, but one of the things I got to play with as a child was my mother's old wind up gramophone with the box of 78s that went with it...

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[artkouros.livejournal.com]

That's how I discovered Glenn Miller - a stack of old records in the garage.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

My mother's stash contained a lot of songs from all but forgotten West End shows

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

You too eh?

Mario Lanza in my case.

I suspect my Grandad Snape has a lot to answer for! :o)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

My contemporaries were listening to Tommy Steele and I was listening to 1930s dance bands...