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Petula Clark, Downtown. (Original Post) MarineCombatEngineer 17 hrs ago OP
My sister and I had a portable record player Diamond_Dog 17 hrs ago #1
Same here. MarineCombatEngineer 16 hrs ago #2
That's what everybody had to play their records on back then! Diamond_Dog 16 hrs ago #3
Great choice!! nt MarineCombatEngineer 16 hrs ago #4
Petula is 93. Sneederbunk 15 hrs ago #5

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,400 posts)
2. Same here.
Mon Dec 8, 2025, 10:59 PM
16 hrs ago

True story, my oldest sister got for Christmas, a portable record player, so me, being curious, took it apart to see how it worked, never got it back together right, my parents were not happy campers with me, but, before I dismantled her player, she used to play the grooves off of her records.

Diamond_Dog

(39,500 posts)
3. That's what everybody had to play their records on back then!
Mon Dec 8, 2025, 11:17 PM
16 hrs ago

And we had a box with a handle on the lid made especially to store all our 45s. My dad eventually bought a “hi fi” that stood on the floor with a sliding panel on the top that exposed a well where the turntable was. You could really crank that thing up LOUD! Because of that, we had to keep it in the basement rec room. Typical basement rec room with the wood paneling on the walls.

I think my husband might have done the same as you did with your sister’s record player. He was a curious mechanically oriented kid, too. lol. I’ll bet your sister was plenty mad!

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