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From: "Anna/Del Bristol" <>
Subject: [FOLKS] Re: Victrolas
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 20:19:15 -0600
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What a wonderful friendship you two shared. Nice, Anna
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From: "Faith Hutchings" <>
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Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 7:07 PM
Subject: Victrolas


> Our family never had a victrola but my neighbors had a big one (not
> portable). As a child, I loved to wind it up and listen to the music. They
> also had a player piano which I pumped away on by the hour! I probably
spent
> as much time at their house as at my own. Their daughter was ten years
older
> than I, but because she had slight mental and physical disablement's, she
> seemed close to my age. She wrote beautiful poetry. I still have the small
> book of her poetry. She was given the job of town librarian. Knowing how
> much I liked to read, probably too because she wanted my company, she
asked
> my father if I could be her assistant on Saturdays. I was "in my element."
I
> performed only minimal tasks so I could read all day Saturday!
>
> Faith
>
>
>

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