Tag: musicbox

Auntie Elsie’s music box: the tunes

  • May 19, 2009 at 8:09 pm

  • Recently I wrote about Auntie Elsie’s music box. Unfortunately it’s impossible to tell which track is which, because – being on a cylinder – it’s not possible to tell which comes first. So I need your help. Can you match the music to the track list? Here are the tunes (in mp3 format): Auntie Elsie’s [...]

Auntie Elsie’s music box

  • May 14, 2009 at 10:58 pm

  • A few years ago a great-aunt died. She was a fabulous, eccentric lady, who sucked extra-strong mints and drove a succession of old Minis precariously around Surrey. Auntie Elsie had an open wood fire, a large garden with a jungle and a lion (that we never actually met), and cats who would scarper from anyone [...]