Justin Speaks about his Musical Heritage

My dear grandfather (my fathers father) left me a sparkling collection of records - hits from the 1930's and 40's - and his wind up gramophone when I was around five years old. That opened a world of imagination for me. He also had a piano in his small front room and when I was a little child he would let me just go wild on it. He would take the front of the piano off so that I could see all the workings, and that was spectacular. He knew that I would get interested if I was left alone with the instrument. I'm sure the rest of the family were in the kitchen with their fingers in their ears! But I loved it, and I can remember clearly the excitement I felt. My mother, who was a domestic science teacher, played piano, and every Christmas she would get the new edition of 'The News Chronicle Songbook' and we would all sing around the piano as she played. Happy, happy days.