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"A home-built televisor for reception of sutton coldfield transmissions"

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Doz
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Hi Chris,

 

Any interest in this if I scan it?

 

Ta,

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Posted : 02/09/2017 6:31 pm
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Hi Andy,

Indeed I'm sure it will be of interest to a number of members. I have a similar Kit manual from another make from the early 50's, just need to scan it, its been on the to do pile for a while embarassed

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Posted : 02/09/2017 6:40 pm
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 I presume they don't mean mechanical televisor of the Baird variety?

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Posted : 02/09/2017 7:35 pm
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Correct. The word 'televisor' hung around in the English language for some time after WW2, just like Pye's affectation of using the obsolete word 'shew' for 'show' - it was considered obsolete even by the end of the Victorian era. 

'Television' itself is an offence to classicists, as it is half Latin and half Greek. 

 
Posted : 02/09/2017 9:40 pm
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Cathovisor said
.....just like Pye's affectation of using the obsolete word 'shew' for 'show' - it was considered obsolete even by the end of the Victorian era. 
  

That reminds me of a packing case we once had here - or maybe even still have. Branded into the wooden lid of the case it said; "Deposit cannot be refunded unless original receipt is shewen upon return " Obviously from an era when even the packaging from purchased goods had some value, a charge levied against them, and an incentive to return them, in the form of a refundable deposit.

Do you remember getting 3d refund on glass 'pop' bottles in the late 60's?

Imagine that on a cardboard box or plastic pop bottle today!

 
Posted : 02/09/2017 11:18 pm
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Katie_Bush said

Do you remember getting 3d refund on glass 'pop' bottles in the late 60's?

Even in the 1970s I do - the local soft drink producer was Adcocks and they had bottles with refundable deposits.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/crock-whiskey-jug-adcocks-219922951

Except it's not a 'whiskey' [sic] jug of course.

 
Posted : 02/09/2017 11:50 pm
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Soda siphons in the 50's had a Half Crown deposit on them, the soda was 1s so that was 3/6, really made you take them back, unfortunately I could keep the pennies from the jam jars but not the Half Crown.

Frank

 
Posted : 03/09/2017 12:24 am
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From the Radio Constructor March1953.

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Frank

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 8:58 am
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