Dave is one of our members , here is his story: When   I   was   about   eight,   I   was   given   a   pre   war   portable   grammophone and   a   couple   of   dozen   1930's   dance   records.   The   scout   group   I   later joined   used   to   run   jumble   sales,   and   I   used   to   buy   the   78's   that   were   left over   at   the   end   of   the   sale   Genre   was   of   no   importance.   When   I   was about   14   I   started   to   take   note   of   the   music   of   the   day.   My   father   was   a fine   baritoine,   and   mother   played   piano.   My   first   (purchased)   record   was Donegan's   Rock   Island   Line,   but   by   then   I   already   had   developewd   a wide    musical    taste,    and    was    becoming    interested    in    the    history    of recorded    music.    As    soon    as    I    could    afford    it,    I    started    to    explore everything   from   the   Classics,   through   all   forms   of   jazz,   blues,   folk   and popular   music.   My   current   record   collection   contains   about   500   78s,   the oldest   of   which   dates   from1907   (I   researched   it),   about   800   x   45rpm discs,   about   150   long   playing   33   rpm,   and   excactly   425   CDs.   Classics range   from Albinoni   to Terterian,   folk   from   traditional   English   and African, to   modern   such   as   'Flook',   Rock   from   early   Haley,   to   21st   century   bands like   the   Jim   Jones   Revue   Jazz   and   blues   are   probably   my   first   loves these    days,    but    again,    I'm    talking    ancient    to    modern.    I    also    own    a classical   Indian   Raga   but   with   very   exceptions   i’m   not   keen   on   grand opera nor music from the shows. I share my interest by running a Jazz appreciation group in Verwood u3a