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So the dog suffered because its owner couldn’t control it. I’m no great dog lover but find that sad.
Oh dear, I see no suggestions. Either no one is watching or the site is as good as it gets.…
Crazy indeed! Reading this reminded me of when I was working in a TV workshop in the 60s. Because we…
“Green Spot”. If a device be it a Radio or TV, has been poorly stored where the moisture level may…
When I was in my teens in the 70s, our first colour television in 1975 was a GEC 2111 on…
This model was introduced after I had left the trade so it’s new to me. What took my eye was…
And this
This should help
Still can’t find the pinout of the uhf modulator. Anyone?
Hi, I’m just in the middle of restoring a Philco Tropic 48-828 radio and I’m having problems getting the SW…
Nice to see, for some reason ITT sets weren’t so common by the time I started noticing home electronic brands…
Your blood pressure must’ve been through the roof with Mr Talkative!
Hi Aidan, no problem, understandable in the circumstances. Having worked for most of my life for a large company I’ve…
Sorry if I still seem a bit bitter in my above comments, it’s because I’m still getting over the news…
Thanks Chris. I’m sad but also glad at the same time, even when I do get a new job, this…
Hi, Aidan, when Chris field explained your circumstance, I was truly sorry to hear of your redudancy and thus forced…
This was one of the 7 I handed over to Chris Field owing to imminent job redundancy meaning I had…
I I lived in Pimlico, London 1950/60s. 3 Families in 1 house not self contained. A neighbour had British Relay…
I had away back late 70s it was a great thing also came with a game and the graphics were…
Hi, i used to buy these from central tv on the ely estate in enfield ,We had a tv and…
Great story! I remember an incident, not involving a child but the family pet, a dog of questionable breed that…
I had an almost identical incident with a customer with a G8 television. It would intermittently shut down and refuse…
Hi Hurty, No, not wired in yet for a few reasons. I don’t have any space in the rack, I…
Hi Crusty, I take it you have it wired in and working now? I will be taking my DTP600 out…
My grandparents had ‘box 2’ or one very very similar paired with a rediffusion TV well in to the 90s.…
I worked for VISIONHIRE who had a number of sets fitted with these meters. I think they took 50p coins.…
WOT NO VISIONHIRE??? Worked there at the High Wycombe branch in the late 70s early 80s. All Philips sets and…
Hi Crusty, I have downloaded those pages thanks.
I don’t remember derwent in Clarendon place leamington they moved to regent street leamington spa opposite visionhire & Granada tv
My Uncle Stan Spencer was CEO of J2T the cooperative venture that produced Ferguson VCRs until his retirement in 1989.…
In my early days of television repair, the local dealer who employed me had a fair number of televisions out…
I worked on a fair number of these sets from new back in the day, with care and effort they…
An excellent Job Chris! One of the first sets I saw when I was a lad! A friend at junior…
Love seeing these old nostalgic images of yesteryear!
Hi I’m Mike I used to work for der in Hertford old cross stan Sanford got me the job when…
I made the Wireless World decoder – it worked – I had a happy time building it. Used it in…
I only saw mono ones and not many of those, this was the 1970’s.
I’d love to find any of the ones from pages 10,12 & 15 they are teletext with the addition of…
Excellent , that brings back some memories , some excellent sets I would really like to get a G11 22”…
That’s an impressive picture, those last TX100’s were pretty good. The much reduced cross colour effects on the frequency bars…
Does anybody know if any colour Unitra sets were imported into the UK? I’ve only known of monochrome…
Nice set up. Good to see those things preserved. I am in Australia and there is a reason the Thorn…
The C22XA5 felt overpowering in our lounge – we put that down to it being a black finish rather than…
Yes, I have five of them. In case you are not aware, they were mascots for the “Red Arrow” TV…
i have an apache Indian doll given to me by my uncle a British Relay engineer in the 1960’s. Does…
Hello Gordon, so sorry for this overly late reply, I’ve only just seen your post. Thank you for describing the…
I was the service manager for Derwent Television at their Maidstone Branch from 1963 till 1976. The picture shown with…
I was involved in a modification on early versions which suffered from what looked like very weak type of co-channel…
thanks for this thread. looking at the price of TV’s in the 30’s & 40’s, it’s more than 52 weeks…
The G11 was a good set once the problems with the early models were sorted out. Early models were very…
“Get busy with the Fizzy! Sodastream! Made in Peterborough!
I had a yellow Chopper bike just like the one in the photo in 71. In the summer of ’76…
I worked at the eastcote shop when your dad ray was in charge there also moved to hanwell.knew him well.trying…
we had the T705. We rented from DER so we had all the latest stuff! I remember holding it to…
I would have been out of there the minute he had expected me to carry part of the cost! You…
What an excellent brochure! I remember the Rigonda record players very fondly. Woolworths sold them by the shed load and…
Hi Eve, I worked for a short time in early seventies with British Relay and was wondering if they had…
Hi Michael, I worked for a short time in early seventies with British Relay and was wondering if they had…
Were you employed by British Relay and did they have a Pension Scheme?
Hi Mike, the chances of finding stock replacements are nigh on zero. Perhaps someone who is scrapping failed 3T22, but…
I have a working 3t22 but two of the silver cassette A and B switchs are missing, any spare ones…
In my a pinion just as good as the Japanese ones
Hello Frank from Holland here. I love connoisseur turntables. I’m trying to get parts for my classic, motor suspension and…
An Aunt and Uncle living in Co Mayo Ireland had the Bush version of the Murphy V1914 Television. It was…
@Bob Glen (I had wanted to post these lines for more than a year, don’t know what held me up)…
Sorry, there is little point in pursuing this. The thread in question is over 12-years old, with no further contributions…
I’d like to contact Katie Bush with regard to Technics ST-X990L-Problems But it is not possible to register an account…
I Bought the the GEC Starfinder 3 back in the spring of 1978 and kept till the late 90’s till…
I’m only surprised by the fact that you “now know”. The decline, orchestrated by all our successive govs, started this…
I know now we are reduced to a third world country
Hi Carole, I worked with you back in the 1980’s at Visionhire Northfield, when I started Graham was the manager,…
It was that second picture that had me singing Dickie Davis Eyes by Half Man Half Biscuit to myself. The…
Gonna pop this out there that is a dang nice looking amp! funny story I just grabbed a pair of…
Absolutely fantastic display of TV’s and the advertising to go with them. As mentioned by someone the warm smell of…
They were good tv sets
Looking at the pictures on the TVs, I spotted Dickie Davies (world of sport), Cricket from Cardiff (BBC 1 I…
I vividly remember seeing this warning, when it first came out! A timely reminder to those who work on them…
I know this is an old post, but have only just noticed it! I too had training on Prestel, but…
We sold many music centres in the 1970’s, no GEC ones but their products would be competitive with other makes.…
Ooeerrr Sideband: that was DEFINITELY a ‘brown trousers’ moment – and not down to Director’s Ale spilt on them either!…
That situation of the chassis dropping on the CRT neck is similar to one of my own ‘mishaps’ back when…
Morning all and thanks for your appreciative comments. I don’t know much about the story behind the burnt TVs other…
Excellent collection of memories of your time with Derwent Television and your early years in the trade. You mention the…
Fantastic memoirs of the glory days! Well written, well done!
Great to see these layouts again from the service manuals. My time was between the 800 Chassis and th 1400…
I rented a 22″ 711 with staff discount, two months free rental for mum and dad at £6.50 per month.…
Hi Jane. Yes I remember you too, what a great company to work for. I really enjoyed the 11 years…
Sorry Andrew, I remember the name but I never worked at the same branch as your dad and didn’t know…
Surprising what high voltages and heat can do to materials. Presume the plastic type was changed to a more stable…
HI Freddo, ex DER here 1974 with a few company name changes with mergers until the end of Boxclever in…
Worked for DER from 1973 to 1985 having attended their Accelerated training course in Plumstead. Many stories to tell. We…
Anyone recognise the set being demonstrated in the photo at the top of the article? I think know most of…
We didn’t sell these sets, the picture couldn’t compete with the Japanese sets although the Hitachi and Toshiba cost more,…
We were accredited dealers but I have no idea if they had to be purchased. We didn’t have the slides,…
Once I get my act together and get the rest of the slides filmed, there are lots of slides of…
Never knew about the slides but we had the records and literature where I worked. Wonder if accredited RBM dealers…
Correct, looks to be the later Mk3 version with the quadrupler. No GY501 but still had the Xray generating PD500.
The photo of the colour TV chassis looks very like the CTV25 they introduced in 1967.
The cabinet designs are of their time and the technology available, interesting to see the developments especially in CRT design…
Seriously doubt it’s the latter. Interestingly I was discussing the lack of interest in this site only this week, with…