tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post1120111745078777575..comments2024-03-28T14:18:17.126+00:00Comments on MOONBASE CENTRAL: DID YOU HAVE A MUSIC CENTRE?WOODSYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-61170693957041857782016-04-28T16:04:25.045+01:002016-04-28T16:04:25.045+01:00no, =( ,it expired many years ago.... i played it ...no, =( ,it expired many years ago.... i played it too loud......electricwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130644138871251212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-44772437234345079432016-04-28T07:38:20.182+01:002016-04-28T07:38:20.182+01:00Our recycling base is made up of about 15 huge con...Our recycling base is made up of about 15 huge concrete pens, with walls round. Theirs no way anyone could reach in to grab anything or else you'd fall in! I just can't imagine how many beautiful board games have been thrown away at tips and recycling parks over the last 50 years!WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-61669864267240338712016-04-27T23:09:35.854+01:002016-04-27T23:09:35.854+01:00Sounds like you had terrific luck there, Woodsy! I...Sounds like you had terrific luck there, Woodsy! I hope you hung on to those.<br /><br />Other than the stereogram, another good thing found with the "gros déchets" (large waste) was a nice wrought iron garden table sans top. replaced that with a marble plate from a builders' recycling yard and we now use it as a bistro table. <br /><br />Sadly the 'large waste' is now a thing of the past - you can now drive it to the recycling park yourself -and- pay £25 to dispose of a carful of stuff...<br /><br />There's no policy at those places I think. If you happen to spot something useful and can retrieve it safely then I don't think they're bothered if you cart it off. You just have to be lucky is all.<br /><br />Best -- PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-21949120779335877282016-04-27T21:49:38.755+01:002016-04-27T21:49:38.755+01:00That's such a great age! I was 14 Xmas 1974. B...That's such a great age! I was 14 Xmas 1974. Back then it was called the 3rd Year in School 'cos we spent 5 years at High School and it was the third year. Nowadays in England its known as Year 9 because its the ninth year in education. Year 12 is the finish line unless you go on to Further and Higher Education.WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-92103196390528182252016-04-27T20:39:12.074+01:002016-04-27T20:39:12.074+01:00I was 14I was 14Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-30109639353604045762016-04-27T20:24:27.028+01:002016-04-27T20:24:27.028+01:00Sounds groovy EW! Do you still have your ghetto bl...Sounds groovy EW! Do you still have your ghetto blaster?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-13505607988596480142016-04-27T20:23:08.803+01:002016-04-27T20:23:08.803+01:00We don't really have that tradition of leaving...We don't really have that tradition of leaving furniture and ornaments etc out for the bun men. I first came across it in 1980 in Germany where its called Spermuhl. To my utter astonishment i found five tinplate toy cars in a bix chucked out in the street with a load of junk. They swiftly came home with me and included a huge police car and a James Bond Aston Martin! I'm glad to hear you had similar luck with your philips centre, which looks lovely by the way. So can anybody take stuff from the recycling park? How does that work Paul?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-40542259908216636492016-04-27T20:18:12.133+01:002016-04-27T20:18:12.133+01:00You must have been one cool dude Brian with your b...You must have been one cool dude Brian with your boom box! How old is Eighth GradeWOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-58398436125561239812016-04-27T19:59:28.486+01:002016-04-27T19:59:28.486+01:00my first music centre was a big "ghetto blast...my first music centre was a big "ghetto blaster" cassette player,with vu-meters,dolby nr and two-ways speakers.... for neighbours' joy =) ewelectricwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130644138871251212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-64896635895985793642016-04-27T13:07:15.688+01:002016-04-27T13:07:15.688+01:00My mum had inherited a music centre avant-la-lettr...My mum had inherited a music centre avant-la-lettre: a 78rpm wind-up gramophone in lovely wooden box with domed lid, sitting on top of a cabinet that housed the records. Beautiful thing that my brother has now (I got the other 78rpm player with the large brass horn on top).<br /><br />More in line with your topic is an old Philips centre I found in the street waiting for the dustman, the one shown top-left on http://www.mfbfreaks.nl/folders/1964/1/imagepages/image7.html and where the radio still worked. Wooden cabinet so lovely warm sound. Later came across another in the recycling park, from which I recuped the record player. Sadly the belt driving the frequency regulator went, so i's now temporarily out of commission until I get round to fixing it (almost done with the jukebox :)<br /><br />Best - PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-65879654677813920772016-04-27T12:36:59.242+01:002016-04-27T12:36:59.242+01:00For my Eighth grade Graduation , My parents bought...For my Eighth grade Graduation , My parents bought me a portable stereo cassette player/radio boom box and that was perched on my shoulder everywhere I went for the next several years.Fun, but it ate up batteries something awful!Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-15982592411798128982016-04-27T07:37:08.950+01:002016-04-27T07:37:08.950+01:00no probs Brian. Me and the Missus had a small cube...no probs Brian. Me and the Missus had a small cubed music centre in the Eighties. It was made entirely of plastic. I rested a cup of tea on it and yes, it tipped over. The Centre went out with a bang! Shame, it was a cool thing.WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-44599871019920673532016-04-26T23:32:09.194+01:002016-04-26T23:32:09.194+01:00That sucker's long gone.Mom might have a pic i...That sucker's long gone.Mom might have a pic in the old photo albums.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-4144672846855152572016-04-26T21:21:43.217+01:002016-04-26T21:21:43.217+01:00Wow Brian, that 50's console sounds so futuris...Wow Brian, that 50's console sounds so futuristic for the time! Britain was still in the dark ages then! Do you have a picture of it?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-65413583851677263732016-04-26T21:18:44.949+01:002016-04-26T21:18:44.949+01:00That line 'smoked plastic lid' brought it ...That line 'smoked plastic lid' brought it all back to me Kev! ha haWOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-76288336675804720582016-04-26T20:53:39.420+01:002016-04-26T20:53:39.420+01:00the stores used to call any music system with it&#...the stores used to call any music system with it's own wood cabinet a "console". The one that my parents inherited from my grandparents was an enormous thing that also contained a TV set! This was a very fancy and expensive thing in the 50's, and was still working in the 70's, so it became ours.The record player was on top, in a recessed area with a lid.Speakers were alongside the TV screen.8 tracks came along in the 70's and cassettes, which were around about as long, became mainstream in the 80'sBriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-58848378661221365752016-04-26T19:38:35.477+01:002016-04-26T19:38:35.477+01:00We did, my Mum was keen on a record player. The fi...We did, my Mum was keen on a record player. The first was a stereogram, a piece of teak furniture, then a music centre, with a smoked plastic lid. It also had a casette deck with dolby, vu meters and damped eject! I was never into vinyl, I preferred to listen to cassettes in my bedroom!KevinDnoreply@blogger.com