Monday 13 June 2016

Every Inchie Monday - Radio

Well I must admit that the challenge words are beginning to leave me less than inspired!!  In fact so much so I wasn't even going to do this one!!!  Then on Saturday I was clearing out one of the children's bedrooms that I use for ironing now and as it has my son's old bunk bed with a work station underneath it has become a storage area for all manner of things that have no "homes", so I decided it was time to have a clear out.  And guess what turned up?  An old radio that my father-in-law gave us one Christmas back in the 90's.  Here is a picture of it.




 I remember it well as we were so excited - we love old things and plugged it in to see if it worked only to have Winston Churchill's unforgettable voice intoning his "we will fight on the beaches" speech!!  We all stood stunned and our expressions must have mirrored one another with a "What the ...!" expression.  It was uncanny and quite creepy - here we were turning on an old radio from the war and over the air came the most famous wartime speech!!!  And then when it ended a familiar DJ came on and we understood it was a program about famous speeches!!  But what a bizarre coincidence.  So being as our challenge word for Every Inchie Monday this week is Radio I decided to use this radio as my subject.  Here is a picture of my efforts, obviously not exact but that's because it's so small sometimes one forgets little things until a picture is taken and it is blown up - then you see all the faults!!!  Nobody's perfect! 
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7 comments:

  1. A lovely story Jenny, and your sewn version of it is great. I found this one not very inspiring as well.

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  2. I love the happy coincidence! You did a wonderful inchie! I have felt the same way but now I challenge myself to find something bizzare about each word to motivate me. I'm sure it isn't all that amusing to the rest of the participants, but it keeps me happy LOL!

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  3. What a very happy coincidence in all respects!
    Sally

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  4. I have two huge old radios from the 40's in my basement - too big to move and I haven't the faintest idea how to get rid of them - someone must love old radio's - I even have a box of tubes for them because my dad did love old radios and liked to tinker with them. Love your representation of the radio you found - excellent work. - oh and how weird to hear Churchill's speech when you turned on the radio - eerie

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  5. I love the story and the inchie, I think you did a perfect job!

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  6. What a bizarre coincidence; would have freaked me out! Lovely work. Cheryl

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  7. Lovely story and a fantastic inchie

    Love Chrissie xx

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