Wireless A Blessing To People In Backblocks

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 6, 18 August 1933, Page 14

Wireless A Blessing To People In Backblocks

To the Editor. Sir-yYour editorial notes in the "Radio Record" of August 4 interested me quite a lot, and I thought it was all very true, but I- want to tell you about the exceptions, of which myself and family form some, Now we live in a very remote spot and are far from the madding crowd, We live

at the very end of a by-road (given its rightful name, a pig’s track), and all we can see are hills to the right of us, hills to the left of us, and hills all around us. We very seldom ever see another human person, especially in the winter months. Well, we are fortunate enough to possess a wireless, which, I might state, takes some scratching up of the wherewithal to keep it going. To my mind it is our greatest blessing, for which T thank. Gca for possessing every day of my life. The only drawback is that we cannot afford

to listen-in more. often, but there is the cost of the battery to be charged, also the carrying of it out, which are all a coneSideration these days. How we love to hear the clock chiming, which reminds us of better days and the enjoyable holidays spent in the city. Also to listen to concerts being relayed from the different halls and to hear the clapPing, which makes us feel we were almost at the affair itself. How we love the football and the races-anything of this nature that is relayed. It makes us feel we are not quite out of everything. When I read the letters, the disatisfied ones, I mean, I wish I could change places with them, and I am sure then they would be content with jazz, dance music, classical, or any programme at all. Probably these people have too much Wireless, but I am sure my readers will understand our radio enthusiasm when I tell them that it is a long while ago since my husband or myself saw even a talkie, much less anything in the entertainment line. We cannot afford a newspaper as well as the radio, so we are very interested in the news items, and wish we could hear more of the topics that would interest a farmer and a way-back. I hove Mr. Clive Drummond and Mr. Strachan will read this, and then they can picture us (like we do them) sitting by a huge maitre log fire and with our ears strained for the daily news and the price of wool, ete, Some of the talks we enjoy very much, but others are too dry for us, but I suppose they are all an education. These are the sort of places in which a wireless is not a luxury, and like the relief camps we should not have to pay a license, or such a heavy one, anyway. If ever I become a millionaire the first thing I should do would be to buy a wireless set for many of the poor remote folk in the backblocks--I am, ete.,

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