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[llywela]

Last week my Nan had a flood in her flat - there was a leak from the flat upstairs into her utility room. There wasn't much damage, but Nan was upset, so my Mum went out to help her clean it up and sort out the insurance etc. While sorting through all the stuff from that room, Mum came across an old record with her grandmother's name on it - 'Neighbours', by Clara Ward (seen in this icon). Mum brought the record home and dug the record player out of storage to play it and find out what's on it. Turns out, the record is of a man singing a song about neighbours - which was written by my great-nanna Clara! The funniest thing was that as soon as Mum heard it, she could sing the whole thing through, word-perfect - she lived with her grandmother as a child and clearly must have heard it played many times!

Families, huh. Full of surprises. We've got an old book somewhere full of poems that Clara wrote, but hadn't realised she'd had one of them set to music and recorded for posterity!

Comments

[ehlwyen.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful forgotten memory found out of a "why does life hate me" moments. I hate roof/ceiling leaks. But that's so cool about a record with your great-nanna's song on it! Wow!

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

It was rather a startling find! My mum was so shocked to realise that she knew the song well enough to sing along word-perfect when she had no memory of the record at all!

[(Anonymous)]

That's amazing - you need to try and get it transferred to a digital format for posterity.

Carol

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea - I must see if Brother Mine has any thoughts along those lines.

[(Anonymous)]

We have lots of appropriate equipment and technology over here if you need any assistance :)

Carol

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Will bear that in mind :)