Monthly Archives: December 2007

Coal Delivery

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Roger Walck

My three-year-old grandson is fascinated by trains, at least his toy ones and the ones he sees in books.  Real ones are still too scary.  I explained that the car behind the old steam engines were for coal that was … Continue reading →

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Radio Times

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Roger Walck

I feel privileged to have experienced the heyday of radio in the 1940s.  Although radio was still important into the 1950s, it no longer had the excitement and wonder of a new media.  And, too, I was older by then … Continue reading →

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