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Dave Harwood
08 Nov 2023 at 04:57
I found an advert in the 'Weston-Super-Mare Gazette' dated 26th November 1910: “H. G. MILLIER & Co., WATERLOO STREET, WESTON-SUPER-MARE. ’Phone 331.”
Patrick Skinner
06 Oct 2024 at 02:40
Moving to Weston in 1945, when I was rising 15, and an embryo jazz collector, I had about 15 78rpm singles of my late brother's, mostly Glenn Miller-type big bands with a smattering of small groups, notably early Lionel Hampton on HMV and slightly jazzy organist Milt Herth. No more than 6 singles issued each month were of interest to jazzers. There were a couple of young women in charge and we were all in love with one of them, Mary Coles. I rapidly moved into a "Mouldy Fig" mode, getting what was available of Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Eddie Condon and Muggsy Spanier, with side helpings of the greatest unsung genius of swing and jazz, Benny Carter (band, alto sax, trumpet, composer/arranger). And, of course, the unrequited love for the 'older' (3 years?) Miss Coles Ah, those hours spent there - to say nothing of the pocket money and early wages.
A-Z prev: H.F. Sheffield Ltd
A-Z next: H.J. Havel
Name: Richard Watkins
Comment: H.G. Millier was owned by my uncle Clifford Smith, it had previously been based around the corner in Walliscote Road(?) changing location in about 1960. This was opposite the now defunct Odeon with its famous cinema organ. My mother had worked at Milliers in that incarnation.
Milliers was much more than a record shop, selling hifi, sheet music and musical instruments into the bargain. They had a renowned piano-tuner. I still have a Sony TC377 reel-to-reel from 1975.
(2023)