Willow wilson

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  1. What are you listening to now ??

    in Nick Palmer's Nottstalgia General Music Chat.

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    Thank you for your comments Col. We acquired this radio new when I was about 5 or 6 (1949 ish) so didn't appreciate the finer points of audio reproduction then. But as you related the ideal is to isolate front from back. Still listening to music on it in 1959/60 it was a good quality general listening radio, 10" speaker. For instance I can remember 'Jailhouse Rock'  when it was first broadcast and the opening bars which included a raunchy bass walk-up (pitched about E2 I think) sounded impressively rounded, smooth and even; that's one feature I remember in my early audio learning curve but that's all that was required of a radio those days, no sub fundamentals, I can't remember those physical notes from a 16'/32' organ pipe music. Bearing in mind that it was Long Wave and am medium wave, it was top-end which was weak compared with later FM.

    I understand Murphy experimented with  infinite baffles but didn't include them in this level (£28/19s/9d) of domestic  radio but made the baffle work. There were 8" deep side cheeks to the main top-to-bottom support structure at the rear, further baffling the speaker back,  which extended the audio path a bit, the space between them (where the electrics and speaker were) was finished with a perforated cover which may have damped things a bit. Granted it was stylish but I'm convinced there was a fair bit of science in the design.

    Having said that, it was fine for us in the domestic setting for music for over 20 years.

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  2. What are you listening to now ??

    in Nick Palmer's Nottstalgia General Music Chat.

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    An evocative choice Col, I remember them all. My parents didn't have a TV in our house until about 1967. But we always had a good radio (Murphy 146 being the latest) which was always on whenever someone was awake in the house. In those days I learned by much listening how and why music 'works'. It seems to me there was such a wide variety of music broadcast in the 50s (which was mainly on BBC) the memory of which remains with me to this day. Wayward Wind and Little Things are amongst those instant recalled memories. 

    Edit to add..dealer_collinge_highres_1448113292121-17

    Murphy 146

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  4. Lotions, Potions and Remedies

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    When I was a nipper our first aid was in a shoe box in a kitchen cupboard. It contained lint, lanolin, bandages and basilicon ointment for drawing out stings and splinters. If we got a grazed head or knee, mam would smear butter on the affected  part. Belly ache was treated with a teaspoon of Indian Brandy. If we caught a cold we were given hot onion gruel for tea and were tucked up in bed early.

  9. Parliament Street Over The Years

    in Web Sites about old Nottingham

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    Picture 6 and picture 19 confuse me a bit. Pic 6 shows an old Pullman's store existing in 1962. Pic 19 legend says Pullman's was bombed out in 1941. There are a few Pullman's threads on NS one of which shows Pullman's as being a partially destroyed multi storey building. Was this a previous Pullman's located nearer the baths? Because that row of shops in pic 19 replaced an old  Pullman's still existing, undestroyed, in 1962.(pic6)

  13. Your oldest memories

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    On the morning of my first day at school I remember playing in a sand box table, quite enjoying it. I was later told to sit at a table with a group of other starters each with a slate and chalk and start drawing something. I didn't like it and wouldn't co-operate at all so was moved to the nursery where I was happier and could play with things. And that's been me ever since, hated desk work (except for technical drawing). Metalwork was a joy. Whenever I did school and college homework it filled me with dread and foreboding, but I was as happy as the day is long making things,  especially Meccano things at home and modifying pushbikes or later on tinkering with my old car.

     

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  15. WW2 Secret Code Breaker.

    in General Hobbies and Interest Chat

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    I passed the exam at Derby in 1975. But I couldn't get the hang of Morse. Never bothered after that, 2 metre band didn't interest me. Some pals of mine used a paddle, that might have been helpful. A workmate at the time helped with  the technical stuff but he emigrated to a place where the 28m band was very good. Also a man I worked with at the time was an ex w/op from a commercial cargo shipping line, I asked him to demonstrate on a key and buzzer and he could rattle it off no probs. He gave me his personal Eddystone S/W receiver for doing a transport errand for him. He still had a set of commercial code books, big hard back things. Interesting subject.

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  18. Old Streets of Nottingham

    in Web Sites about old Nottingham

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    7 hours ago, HSR said:

     

    Totally confused by this one! Help..

    The camera is on Castle Gate looking north west ( towards Friar Lane). Royal Children's on the left. Theosophical Hall is at the end of the street, just beyond the gable of the Sal. That Sal corner is now pedestrianised,  paved over. The Nicholas church is behind the camera, Maid Marian Way parallel to the left. This street was widened soon after by removing the buildings on the right, and beyond the right hand bend at the far end (crossing Hounds Gate which goes right to left) is Spaniel Row leading to Friar Lane.

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  21. Nottingham Cinemas and Theatres

    in General Chat about Nottingham

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    Cinema-going ain't worrit used ta be. I went to a cinema near Basford crossing with a couple of school pals in about 1958/9 to see Bill Haley in Rock around the clock. We sat on the right hand block of seats halfway back, although there weren't many people in.

    Midway through the film the silhouette of a row of 3 or 4 cinema seats from the front went cartwheeling across in front of the screen, then followed a rapid dispersal of patrons away from the forward seats; chaos, laughter and shouting ensued and the lights came on, later followed by the entrance of a platoon of policemen. We were all turfed out, innocent and all. That was that, no refund or anything.