the listening days



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Thank you to members of the Wellington Tangent Club for sharing their wonderful memories last night when I went to give them a talk: 'Underfoot Folk Art: the History and Art of Rag Rugs'. Rag and Bone men, washing coppers, rug beaters and hearth and home. Memories stretching back 74 years for one person...to the listening days, of wireless set and gramophone.