David Attenborough in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands - 25 December, 1980, at night

from Life on air : memoirs of a broadcaster, pages 295-296:

Another invitation arrived from the Governor.  There would be a big party at Government House on Christmas night.  We were welcome to that too.  Most of the citizenry of Port Stanley seemed to be there […] The climax of the evening came when he [Rex Hunt, the Governor] produced a wind-up gramophone with a pile of 78 rpm shellac records and we all sat drinking rum, gin and whisky listening to Louis Armstrong, Sydney Bechet and Bessie Smith singing to us through a hurricane of hisses and crackles. 

cite as

David Attenborough, Life on air : memoirs of a broadcaster (London, 2009), p. 295-296. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1459204878779 accessed: 12 December, 2024

location of experience: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

Listeners

David Attenborough
naturalist, TV presenter, TV producer
1926-

Listening to

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Jazz performed by Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith

Experience Information

Date/Time 25 December, 1980, at night
Medium playback
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:41:19 +0100
Approved on Sun, 08 May 2016 12:17:16 +0100