BURN BABY BURN, DISCO INFERNO OR WHAT ABOUT A RADIO INFERNO?

Over 30 years ago, I  knew a  chap we used to call 'Mr Two Pounds' as at the pae....., sorry Radiophile auctions, run by the redoubtable Chas Miller, he would buy every radio offered at the £2 price point.   Eventually, our swords crossed over a certain lot culminating in my triumphant win where I secured an Ekco A22 for £2.40 ( author's artistic licence!!!!!) hammer price.

Conversation ensued where we discovered that the erstwhile bidder would strip the parts from the two quid specials whilst committing the woodie cabinets to the woodburner as it was cheaper than buying firewood.   

Such responsible recycling was the reason I got the A22 for a measly 20% over the maiden bid as A) it would not burn being bakelite and B) with the cabinet being round it would roll horribly in the van on the way home................

I haven't had cause to revisit this memory until I chanced upon the illustration below which described an interesting dodge to keep your chimney clean.... Mr. Two Pound would approve I am sure.  I often wonder what became of Mr Two Pound, was he overcome by the cyanotic fumes emanating from his fire or was he done in by the type of radical radio activist that believed the destruction of a mediocre radiogram was a hanging offence?

 

 

 

And for those who are not chemists like me, the flame colour of zinc is blue-green.

And for those of us who are not an old fart like this chemist, "Disco Inferno" is a song by American disco band the Trammps from their 1976 studio album of same name.