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When I was a girl 3

When I was a girl we didn't have computers and those that did (scientists) had huge rooms to keep them in, they were so big. In our house we didn't have a phone or a television.  In fact to start with we had no electric and had to use a Tilly lamp and candles.  We didn't have a car, but when I was a teenager my Dad bought a BSA Bantam two-stroke motor bike.  We had a radio and that was a delight starting with Listen with Mother, when I was little and all kinds of classical music and radio plays as I was growing up. We had a harmonium from U.S.A. and I learnt to play it.  No lessons at first.  We simply went to town and bought a beginner's book from the music shop and I taught myself.  I didn't understand much about time so played the upper notes with the lower notes that were beneath them and with dotted notes held on and popped the quaver into the space above.  There was plenty of time to practice with so few books in the house and no X boxes or Play Stations. 

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