Graeme Hubble rarely has trouble with remote controls, preferring the button pressing action required to operate one of his historic tape recorders.
The former Kyabram pastry chef had part of his collection on show at Merrigum’s 25th annual heritage day on Sunday, the crisp sound of country music echoing through the historical society building from his Philips1940 model machine.
“I have about 30 of them. I like sitting down and listening, rather than watching television, particularly in the afternoons — I am not much of a Days of our Lives fan,” he said.
Graeme brought his first tape recorder when he was married in 1960 and has been a regular at sales and swap meets ever since, growing his collection to its current level.
He was proudly showing off the fully functioning sound-making devices, complete with speakers, at Merrigum for the first time in several yeas after the COVID interruption to the popular history afternoon.
Graeme used a historic means of transportation to bring his collection to the event, packing part of his collection into the back seat, passenger side and boot of his 1955 Morris.
He also has a 1926 Chevrolet at home, but said it doesn’t enable him to transport nearly as many of his collection as the Morris.
“Could only got half of this in the Chevrolet,” he said.
More photos and stories from the heritage day event on page 14 today.