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Loppy, re: #49. I think ( but I'm not certain) that the 160 is worth more, but whatever, the TD150 is a 'proper' record player. FWIW, I sold a 'new old stock' Shure V15 III stylus on eBay for around £100, and an unused V15 cartridge for a bit less. My current record player is: Mitchell Gyrodec SE, with Orbe Platter. The tonearm is an Audiomods converted Rega arm.( Sadly, not the SME arm shown) Cartridge is an Audio Technica AT OC9 PTG or thereabouts, which came with the deck which I bought s/h. Deck is around £2k+ and the cartridge around £600. But then I'm very sad, have no friends,

Loppy, there are some very collectable classical vinyl LPs out there. As ever, condition is everything, but the Mercury 'Living Presence', RCA 'Red Seal', and the Decca SXL series (especially the early 'wideband' ones ) can command big money. I bought a Schubert 9th by Kripps for 50p in Oxfam that's worth around £100. Col

Sadly, probably not much, because in 50 years all the Stones fans will be dead. It's going to be a nice thing to have, and may have a bit of extra value in a few years, but probs not in 50. It's much like that with 78s. I have some very rare and notionally valuable 78s, (Elvis/Cochran and many others) but the music itself is easily obtainable on CD, or even (spit) MP3. And the old 78 collectors are dying off... I sold a copy of Ritchie Valens 'Come On Let's Go' on Pye 78 for £85 a few years back, but it's getting harder. Every so often I dig my somewhat 'lashed up' 78 player out of the l

Just scanned this thread and frankly I'm amazed at some of the views expressed. 1. Mint. Mint means just that, hardly, if ever played. No scratches, no centre hole wear, no fingermarks, cover in perfect condition, etc. etc. 2, 'record playing equipment is getting thin on the ground' What? There is more out there now than there ever was. TBH, a lot of it is utter shite, but there are loads of companies in the UK alone still producing very high quality record playing kit: Linn Products (Glasgow) Still making the iconic Linn LP12 Record player, though I sold mine a couple of years ago f

Guys. I went with it at the time,. but I really can't listen to 'Chubby's 'At The Discotheque', any more. It is just so wrong. 'Discotheque', is simply not pronounced 'Diskotay'. Col

@ Micheal Booth. Re: #52. Michael, thanks for your kind comments. I entirely agree that the Stones brought blues to popular attention in the UK and in fact they also played a large part in revealing indiginous black music to white audiences in the USA. That said I think we shouldn't overlook the contributions of others. The Yardbirds, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc., John Mayall (though never really to my taste) and many others all contributed. Also, the likes of Davy Graham, John Renbourn and Bert Jansch all brought us elements of 'Folk Blues'. The first LP I ever bought, in '62/3 was Alex

Ayeupmeducks. Re #17 Thanks for that. I'm not aware of them and the spelling's different, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if there's a link somewhere in the dim and distant. Col

Berresford. A local spelling of Beresford, which is a Derbyshire name originating from Beresford Dale, close to the Derbys./Staffs. border. Beresford Dale sits on the upper reaches of the River Dove, north of Dovedale and Wolfscotedale. I went there a year or so back and stood on the little wooden bridge near to the 'Beaver's Ford', or 'Bavver's Ford' over the Dove, which is supposed to have been the origin of the name 'Beresford'. Everything around is called Beresford Farm, or Beresford Lane, or Beresford House, etc. Churchyards in nearby Fenny Bently, Alstonefield and Hartington, are fu

Thanks Chulla. Little tale to that pic. It was taken in Andover Rd Bestwood Est., as we went to the shop for Mum. Some chap approached us. He'd be early 20s I guess and had one of those old Rolleiflex Twin Lens Reflex cameras. He asked if he could take our pic and we just said yes. These days he'd probably get arrested. Anyway, he also asked our address and a couple of days later he knocked on our door and sold Mum a couple of prints for pennies. I agree it's a briliantly composed and observed pic. And not just because I'm in it. Though it helps Col

72. That's no age these days. RIP

Many thanks for that kind response mercurydancer. I hope you continue to feel well. Col

As others have said, it'll change. And the thought of playing my precious vinyl on something so crude as a Dansette is scary. But... Pavarotti at his best, singing with a choir of local chaps. First few bars had me thinking they were Welsh. Stunning stuff. Next up would be Stardust. Nat 'King' Cole version. Utter perfection. 3. Ray Charles. I was honooured to see him live. Twice. Greatest single musician of the 20th C. 4. Top Motown song. Just A Little Misunderstanding. Contours. 5. Need a good full on blues... BB King 'Sweet Sixteen' Col

Just FYI. Love in Vain is a Robert Johnson song.

Nope, sorry. It was a black and white version with them all on stage.

There exists a truly horrific photo of me in my balaclava and NHS glasses, with my late sister in her NHS glasses, being rather too closely hugged by a very iffy looking Co-op Santa. I've done all I can to suppress it.. but it could appear anytime. Meanwhile, here we are in June '55, safe from the clutches of Santa.

Hi Margie H. Interesting what you say about a death in the family precipitating anxiety. Oddly, despite having had one big heart attack and two small strokes, I don't worry about my own health. But I do worry about others, especially my Kids and Grandkids. A year or so ago, a friend's son killed himself. This happened during a period of a few months when another relative killed himself and four others died far too young. So I suppose it's hardly surprising that I started to focus my own anxiety on my youngest daughter. She was, at the time living alone in one of those bloody awful modern

Good stuff. Although I've never been instructed in it, as I understand it, mindfulness is a technique which can help with overcoming psychological issues, though I suppose it's also a way of just 'being'. I certainly find that if I just take time to, for example, smell the air outside, appreciate the changing of the seasons etc., and try to enjoy, or at least accept these things, life is better. Whilst I'm sure it's not an issue for everybody. some of us get caught up in the rush and just forget to breathe.... I don't mind admitting that I've struggled with anxiety and depression for much o

I'm sure you can appreciate this. Coronation Class 'Duchess of Sutherland', hauling the 'Cumbrian Mountains Express' through St Helens Central a few weeks back. I want one! Normally lives at Butterley. Col

You lucky buggers! Only one? There are two in our kitchen, plus a bit more crap in the cutlery drawer. Then there's the welsh dresser.. 7 drawers, 4 cupboards and mostly full of crap. My wife has some sort of deep religious objection to empty drawers, cupboards and even room corners. Drives me nuts. Then there is the old: "Where is the @&%^^$~ dear?" "Which one?" "We've only got one." "I thought we had two" "Well if we have they're both the same!" "Well last time I saw one it was in the drawer" "Which drawer?" "The kitchen drawer" "There are four drawers in the kitchen" "

I'd be happy with the speed I get now if they would just stop having 'outages' every other day.

There's a better vid of this out there but I couldn't find it. Anyway, this is probs my first exposure to folk/blues influenced stuff. This, is the wonderful Elizabeth Cotton, who I found out many years later, wrote the song:

Agree especially with your last point Loppylugs. I think it's quite normal and natural to look back. It's not all just nostalgia. It's got something to do with trying to make sense of things, putting both yourself and events into some sort of order. I think.... Col

People weren't stupid. They knew what they risked. They had little choice. Attitudes to the poor back then were appalling. Our present leaders would like us back there. Col

Don't worry.. it soon will be... Here, for what it's worth is a little contribution I made to Stuart Frew's 'Tears of a Clown' blog in early 2013: 'To Stuart, and all. Ever since I first found Stuart’s original article on Bestwood, I’ve been following this lovely thread. This though, has also combined with my wider reminiscences of my childhood in the area. I recall spending a lot of my childhood ruing the fact that I didn’t live somewhere more exciting. I longed to live somewhere with sea cliffs and beaches, or somewhere in mountains. It is only in retrospect that I have fully realised wh

Definitely still there in the 1960s. My Mum, who passed away last month, worked on munitions at Brough's during WW2, but I don't know whtether it was in Vernon Rd, or Haydn Rd. Col