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

What a wonderful friendship you two shared. Nice, Anna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Faith Hutchings" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> 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 > > >