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Yes, I believe so I have no proof of this but as you can hear this is an old recording made straight from a home radio onto a reel-to-reel tape recorder of all of that period. All I have to go on is on the tape box it does say 1960 and there was this broadcast made in May 1960. Hope that helps.Thanks, Kev.

Don't know why Google keeps taking down my posts trying to help others. Here it goes again: I buy my Aladdin parts from Imperial Lighting Company website if I can't find parts on Ebay. As far as mantels, I only purchase the NEW old stock mantles that were made in Brazil in the orange and blue box. The new mantles are terrible quality.

@@rgraz4929 The Powers that Be are planning a power outage and they want to keep us in the dark

Thanks, Yes I have been very pleased with this Yamaha Cross Core e-bike for the money I paid. And like I did say in the video in my view it did lack mudguards and a rear rack which I have fitted myself. I also thought the tyes were very cheap looking so I have now fitted some far superior tyes and tubs the bike goes very well and thus far I have been delighted with the bike we will see how it goes thus far nothing has dropped off or broken and the battery range seems very good for my needs as well. So all round I'm very pleased with the bike to date. Thanks and I do hope you get on OK with yours. All the best Kev.

@@BramleyProductions thank you sir.

Hello, on this set of mine, those knobs are both removed via a tiny grub screw that needs to be loosened with a small flathead screwdriver hence they will slide off the shaft both knobs have a set screw the small inner knob and the bigger outer knob both have a set screw you can see the little cutout on the knobs where the screws are below and that will need to be loosened for them to come off. Kev.

Yep spot on they should not do that there should be a small rubber washer around the safety valve! To stop this from happening this I had bought a new washer but typical of me! I broke it putting it on! Another new sorted this issue out Thanks Kev.

Yep, agree I have given up On Volt I found the Bikes good and mine has lasted me 10 years but I have now bought a new Yamaha Cross Cre E-bike I gave up on Volt their customer service and prices are like you say far to high and rubbish sadly. Thanks. Kev.

Yep, I think these BBC recordings were made in the closed season with the Tower Ballroom closed and empty. He was indeed a great player and was the right choice to follow the legendary Reginald Dixon for sure. I have some more BBC recordings of Ernest Broadbent to come. Thanks. Kev.

@BramleyProductions That would be great. I remember I had an LP once with Ernest Broadbent and it was with such an expression ate performance by him, the Tower Wurlitzer taking on an almost unique sound for him? The bells of St Mary's I've never heard played better ! I wish I could remember the LPs title!

Well, these were always sold as a very budget inflatable Kayak! I have to say mine has done well its been used many times and still holds up well. No leaks as yet! So I have been very pleased with mine. Thansk Kev.

I think from memory that Phil Finch opened the Compton organ in the West End Warner Cinema in London's Leicester Square in 1938 with its unique console and he stayed there for many years and broadcast this organ. This Compton was removed in 1964 and first went into a church in Canterbury before being removed again. One of the great old names of the Cinema organ days for sure. Thanks, Kev.

Agree with that regarding this Wurlitzer Organ. Dear Les Rawle showed me the organ in great detail when in the church music museum in Brentford where I heard it played many times. Never heard it as yet in person in the new museum but looks amazing! Thanks, Kev.

@@BramleyProductions The organ sounds great .I believe they went to great lengths to achieve the sound that it made in the Regal with chamber layouts? I do like Chris Barber as he plays in the Joseph Seal style!

Many thanks as always Kev.

Helps being on the same trem as the Tibia. A unusual instrument that went through a number of changes in its life. A rather loud (for Wurlitzer) Tuba. The French Trumpet was an unusual Wurlitzer stop, but a number came over to the UK. More effective in building the ensemble than the brass trumpet, but I think you will understand that better than I! The copies of the original installation drawings are proudly posted up in the chamber so no one loses sight of how it is meant to be.

Hi Cameron yes it was the Floral Dance..pre 'As Prescribed ' days..after that it was Smiling Through!

@@williammoore4071 Thank you!

Lovely story thanks as William says below about his sig tune it seems even on his later 1960s BBC organ Broadcast from the ABC/ Royal Plymouth he was using the Floral Dance. Thanks, Kev.

Thanks for your super comment. Wow not many of us know what we want to do at that age, do we. Such a great story keep them pipes blowing! Thanks, Kev.

Oh, thanks for that Chris I thought it may well be Dick James but was not sure. Kev.

I am loving you are doing this Kev. Do you have anymore Winstone...maybe with Dick Haymes or Dickie Valentine. This is very nostalgic to me. Eric's final BBC broadcasts before he left us. Thanks again.

No worries I knew what you were saying and meaning. I make so many typos myself! Thanks, Kev.

Yep, in the summertime with the gardens don't get a lot of time so thanks will try to keep them coming for sure thanks Kev.

Many thanks for your most kind comment Kev.

Quite agree the good old days! Thanks, Kev.

I have now long sold that boat I liked the Vetus engine however going back when I looked at this part way back then the only parts that would fit were Vetus! And they were very expensive indeed! After I fixed mine it never stuck again and like I said I sold this boat so I doubt you would find anything else other than Vetus parts that would fit knowing their engines! But I may be wrong and things may have changed now that was all a number of years ago. Good luck all the best Kev.

@@BramleyProductionsthanks. I checked their price list. £134 but they’re out of stock. 😕 It’s for my friend’s boat, and I’m not sure it needs replaced. More testing to be done!

@@AQUA-Mannie Yep I got this one going again on my old boat I just found this on ebay it looks very much like the one on the Vetus site! see link to ebay one. I do know some Mitsubishi parts can be used if you can find the right ones someone got me some cheap heater plugs that were that make and fitted fine and looks just the same to me! Good luck Kev www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235587949317

Thanks so much! I’m going to do a bit digging on the compatibility front, but it looks the part! Thanks!

Well, it's not bad it has to be remembered this is a cheap unit. But I have done some very reasonable records to CD copies even 78rpm records that I feel are very acceptable indeed. Thanks, Kev.

​@@BramleyProductionsthankyou

They do get very stiff I have had to run a little WD 40 down the rails and prise the battery up sometimes. I did a great thing when I first had the bike the battery slid down the rails so fast it broke the plastic at the bottom of the Pulse! A poor design like on many e-bikes I have Now gone to a Yamaha CrossCore RC seems so much better than the Volt Pulse! All the best Kev.

Hi Yes, it was a high gloss black engine paint that said it could stand high temps VHT I think and it seems OK going memory it came from ebay. I used it all up on a rotavator renovation so I no longer have the spray can to refer to so sorry. Thanks for your kind comment Kev.

@@BramleyProductions - thanks!!

Many thanks As I said so little is known about the full history of this firm. I do know they had several designers and built a number of trial boats as you say this could well have been an early forerunner to the hugely successful Dolphin range that seems to have started appearing in 1962 /63 in the boating press and was in full swing by say 1966. Fascinating I will keep researching back and see what else I can find out. I was hoping to find a few old employees local to me but now it's so long ago maybe there is no one left. Really lovely to read your super comment about your dad's Solent 16. Thanks. Kev.

Sorry I have been busy of late I do have a few more half shows as I think I explained a whole show was recorded on two tapes so I do have maybe 3 or 4 half-shows but sadly my old Sony TC 377 reel-to-reel is playing up and has developed a switch fault these have to be transferred to the computer in real-time and often need re joining in many places as the damp does the joins so that can be a real pain. And like I said the old Sony has to go on the bench for a total strip down which well that's the unknown how long all that will take now it is summer time these old tapes do shed lots of tape particles and I think it has become clogged up inside so needs a good cleaning But yes they will come on the channel in time for sure that I promise you but as to when that might be I could not say as yet. Thanks for your interest in these. All good wishes Kev.

TY so much. My goodness, this is a true labour of love. Rest assured I really appreciate your wonderful work and efforts. I am just listening to the last one,from April. Wondrous. Well ,I will be patient and see what Winstone delight you come up with next. I knew Eric throughout my young life, thru Butlins, and hearing these, final broadcasts ,puts the shivers, in the nicest possible way, thru me, with wonderful memories. He was a wonderful man, who loved kids, with endless patience. Fingers crossed, and rest assured, your efforts will be appreciated by yours truly.

Good luck with your Freeman I take It yours has either a Perkins 4107 or even better if it has the 4108 engine. It always made me laugh how Freeman had to cut away part of the seat foam as those old Perkins engines sat up so high there was a white fibreglass kind of dome that used to fit up into the seat cushion! Great boat you will have some fun with that for sure. Good luck getting it back ship shape and you know you don't buy a Freeman you marry it! All best wishes Kev.

@@BramleyProductions It's the Perkins 4107. It has a morse control for forward/reverse. Took it out for a test on the Great Ouse yesterday. Amazing how well they handle.

@@MessengerRising The 4107 has wet cylinder liners which eventually corrode through. The 4108 has dry liners which don't. The 4108 is obviously 1 cubic inch larger than the 4107. Both suffer from cracked heads and broken crankshafts, but the 4108 is definitely the better of the two A Perkins 4108 on an F24 and ran well and never faulted. But back then was quite new still. Many years ago I saw a 4107 run away on a Freeman 26 it was caused by a small split in the fuel pump diaphragm, which slowly filled the sump with diesel. Lots of smoke! Fuel isolated at the tank. 2 mins later all was well and it stopped. New pump and all was well. Basic, noisy but fairly bulletproof. (Just watch out for the liners - but that is only a good DIY project!!) All so on the River Gt Ouse watch out for overheating that river used to cause a lot of scale in engines water courses did for many Honda Outboards my old friend here in Northampton Ken Yates repaired many that had suffered Gt Ouse water scale. That old engine will more than likely see me and you out and even the old F22 boat. Good luck with the boat and have some fun with her. All the best Kev.

@@BramleyProductions Thanks Kev, I've spoken to the broker today. We did see some oil in the bilge which one engineer's report suggests is from a leaking gearbox. We did a river test and saw no smoke from the exhaust but a second engineer said there's some oil on the river surface after the engine runs so we're waiting for a second opinion from the engineer who did the first inspection. Sale is subject to this oil leak being economical to repair and there's still wiggle room in the price. I'm hoping it's nothing too serious.

@@MessengerRising Oh, hope that goes OK trouble as I said in a video about the fact I had packed up boating! I do feel it has got so expensive so hope that can be sorted out without too much expense! I mean old engines /gearboxes and reduction boxes always lose a bit of oil. That Ford Sea Panther engine which is basically a Ford Petrol engine that was converted to Diesel by Exeter Uni first and then was sold by Watermota is a renowned engine for huge oil leaks in later life. Hope all goes well and you get the Freeman. Lovely River the Gt Ouse spent much time at both Buckden Marina And Hartford Marina and then Ely. Many years ago now. Thanks, Kev.