taking the mic

My friend Neil is walking along a street in Leicester, guitar in hand.  A man opens a door in one of the houses.

Man; “You’ll be a musician then”
Neil; “Aye” (his Cumbrian roots are never far away)
Man; “Hold on a minute.”

Man disappears in to house and comes back with this microphone; “Do you want this?”

Neil; “OK - thanks.”

And that’s it; the exchange is over.  A seemingly random encounter.  Perhaps the man had been waiting for ages until a musician happened to walk past.

I’ve borrowed it to blip photograph it on the grounds that it might make a useful image for any band publicity material.  I’ve produced a ‘sepia’ version as well.  Just in case they didn’t like this one.

I’ve never seen or even heard of one of these before.  From what I can find on the internet it was made by the Trix Electrical Company of London.  It appears to be about the same age as me.  It’s listed as ‘Vintage’.  Hmm.