LUFCTALK

johnh wrote:During and after the war, we had a gramophone with a 'wind-up' handle. No electricity required. Can't remember any of the records my parents had.

Worth a fortune now in good nick

Bakelite discs, weren't they ??
Used to have loads knocking about as my old man had a few. Wish I'd kept them, though you need a dedicated 78rpm mono stylus to hear them at their best.
I remember dropping one and it shattered

Had no idea what the 78's were made of, Bakelite didn't ring a bell so I just Googled it. The material used was 'Shellac'. You live and learn (even at 81)

Ah of course, that's it - I knew it was old and used a lot around the time of WWII.

I'm getting my records mixed up with radios - logical really, if you think about it ?

... though it does beg the question why do we use the term "Shellacking" to describe someone taking a proper beating ??

johnh wrote:During and after the war, we had a gramophone with a 'wind-up' handle. No electricity required. Can't remember any of the records my parents had.

Have just emailed my brother (who has a better memory of these things than me) to see if he can remember what record 'classics' we were listening to. I think one may have been the Inkspots.

Definitely.
Bet you had some big band stuff and Bix Beiderbecke too

johnh wrote:

johnh wrote:During and after the war, we had a gramophone with a 'wind-up' handle. No electricity required. Can't remember any of the records my parents had.

Have just emailed my brother (who has a better memory of these things than me) to see if he can remember what record 'classics' we were listening to. I think one may have been the Inkspots.

Whispering Grass, perhaps?

First album was Beatles HELP. Bought with saved up money from my paper round

Thanks Sniffer. You won't believe what emotive memories that stirred.

johnh wrote:Thanks Sniffer. You won't believe what emotive memories that stirred.

It's a pleasure, John.
I probably wouldn't have known about the Ink Spots if it hadn't been for Don Estelle and Windsor Davies' version of Whispering Grass in the mid-70s.
"Sing up, Lofty boy".