1964 Philips portable record player

When I was ten I was given one of these as a birthday present. I was already Beatles daft so it was a smart choice. I took it to my primary school for a ‘show and tell,’ and wouldn’t let a soul breathe near it. The original item was melted years later in a caravan fire in which no-one was injured. It took me years and a lot of patience to find an identical item on Ebay. I’ve bought other Philips portable record players over the years, but this one has the biggest and best speaker, and it still sounds great. It’s not mere nostalgia. I had a childhood which was taken away from me. Occasionally I can buy a bit of it back.