Welcome to a very different old front line podcast this week, where, as you can hear, we're going to have some of the actual sounds of the First World War through two unique musical instruments that connect us to the Great War, to connect us to the

pathways of the Western Front. And we're joined in this episode by historian, historical reenactor

and musician Beverly Palin.

And we're going to walk through and meet Beverly now

as she continues to play her Melodian. Hello, Beverley.

Hello.

So thank you for joining us on the old front line.

And that's not just any Melodian, is it?

It's...

That's Wilfred.

And Wilfrid was once part of a battalion of the British Army.

It was local to me.

He is actually a work in progress at the moment, research of them.

I found him on eBay.

There's a friend of mine tipped me off that there was a, he reenacts Durham Light Infantry

and he'd come up in just an eBay search for Durham Light Infantry memorabilia.

And he's bad, if I just turn him over here

he's got a little there's two metal discs on there one's the maker's name I guess is it

it's the maker's name and though he was sold in it was sold by J.F. Hiller's Piano

and Organ Warehouse.

That's inside last street in Durham.

And I went to university in Durham.

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