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  1. crustytv

    Seriously doubt it’s the latter. Interestingly I was discussing the lack of interest in this site only this week, with…

  2. Sundog

    So the dog suffered because its owner couldn’t control it. I’m no great dog lover but find that sad.

  3. Sundog

    Oh dear, I see no suggestions. Either no one is watching or the site is as good as it gets.…

  4. Sundog

    Crazy indeed! Reading this reminded me of when I was working in a TV workshop in the 60s. Because we…

  5. crustytv

    “Green Spot”. If a device be it a Radio or TV, has been poorly stored where the moisture level may…

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    sean sands on GEC

    When I was in my teens in the 70s, our first colour television in 1975 was a GEC 2111 on…

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    Still can’t find the pinout of the uhf modulator. Anyone?

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    Hi, I’m just in the middle of restoring a Philco Tropic 48-828 radio and I’m having problems getting the SW…

  12. RichardFromMarple

    Nice to see, for some reason ITT sets weren’t so common by the time I started noticing home electronic brands…

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    I I lived in Pimlico, London 1950/60s. 3 Families in 1 house not self contained. A neighbour had British Relay…

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    I had away back late 70s it was a great thing also came with a game and the graphics were…

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    Hi, i used to buy these from central tv on the ely estate in enfield ,We had a tv and…

  22. sideband

    Great story! I remember an incident, not involving a child but the family pet, a dog of questionable breed that…

  23. Hurty

    I had an almost identical incident with a customer with a G8 television. It would intermittently shut down and refuse…

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    My grandparents had ‘box 2’ or one very very similar paired with a rediffusion TV well in to the 90s.…

  27. ChasL001

    I worked for VISIONHIRE who had a number of sets fitted with these meters. I think they took 50p coins.…

  28. ChasL001

    WOT NO VISIONHIRE??? Worked there at the High Wycombe branch in the late 70s early 80s. All Philips sets and…

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    My Uncle Stan Spencer was CEO of J2T the cooperative venture that produced Ferguson VCRs until his retirement in 1989.…

  32. AndiiT

    In my early days of television repair, the local dealer who employed me had a fair number of televisions out…

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    I worked on a fair number of these sets from new back in the day, with care and effort they…

  34. slidertogrid

    An excellent Job Chris! One of the first sets I saw when I was a lad! A friend at junior…

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    Love seeing these old nostalgic images of yesteryear!

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    Mik on D|E|R

    Hi I’m Mike I used to work for der in Hertford old cross stan Sanford got me the job when…

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    I made the Wireless World decoder – it worked – I had a happy time building it. Used it in…

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  39. crustytv

    I’d love to find any of the ones from pages 10,12 & 15 they are teletext with the addition of…

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    Excellent , that brings back some memories , some excellent sets I would really like to get a G11 22”…

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    Does anybody know if any colour Unitra sets were imported into the UK? I’ve only known of monochrome…

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    i have an apache Indian doll given to me by my uncle a British Relay engineer in the 1960’s. Does…

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    Hello Gordon, so sorry for this overly late reply, I’ve only just seen your post. Thank you for describing the…

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  49. Jayceebee

    I was involved in a modification on early versions which suffered from what looked like very weak type of co-channel…

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    I worked at the eastcote shop when your dad ray was in charge there also moved to hanwell.knew him well.trying…

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    we had the T705. We rented from DER so we had all the latest stuff! I remember holding it to…

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    Hi Eve, I worked for a short time in early seventies with British Relay and was wondering if they had…

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    Hi Michael, I worked for a short time in early seventies with British Relay and was wondering if they had…

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    Were you employed by British Relay and did they have a Pension Scheme?

  61. crustytv

    Hi Mike, the chances of finding stock replacements are nigh on zero. Perhaps someone who is scrapping failed 3T22, but…

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    I have a working 3t22 but two of the silver cassette A and B switchs are missing, any spare ones…

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    Hello Frank from Holland here. I love connoisseur turntables. I’m trying to get parts for my classic, motor suspension and…

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    An Aunt and Uncle living in Co Mayo Ireland had the Bush version of the Murphy V1914 Television. It was…

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    @Bob Glen (I had wanted to post these lines for more than a year, don’t know what held me up)…

  67. crustytv

    Sorry, there is little point in pursuing this. The thread in question is over 12-years old, with no further contributions…

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    I’d like to contact Katie Bush with regard to Technics ST-X990L-Problems But it is not possible to register an account…

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    I Bought the the GEC Starfinder 3 back in the spring of 1978 and kept till the late 90’s till…

  70. crustytv

    I’m only surprised by the fact that you “now know”. The decline, orchestrated by all our successive govs, started this…

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    Hi Carole, I worked with you back in the 1980’s at Visionhire Northfield, when I started Graham was the manager,…

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    It was that second picture that had me singing Dickie Davis Eyes by Half Man Half Biscuit to myself. The…

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    Absolutely fantastic display of TV’s and the advertising to go with them. As mentioned by someone the warm smell of…

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    They were good tv sets

  77. mfd70

    Looking at the pictures on the TVs, I spotted Dickie Davies (world of sport), Cricket from Cardiff (BBC 1 I…

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  80. Nuvistor

    We sold many music centres in the 1970’s, no GEC ones but their products would be competitive with other makes.…

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    I rented a 22″ 711 with staff discount, two months free rental for mum and dad at £6.50 per month.…

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    Hi Jane. Yes I remember you too, what a great company to work for. I really enjoyed the 11 years…

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    Sorry Andrew, I remember the name but I never worked at the same branch as your dad and didn’t know…

  90. Nuvistor

    Surprising what high voltages and heat can do to materials. Presume the plastic type was changed to a more stable…

  91. Jayceebee

    HI Freddo, ex DER here 1974 with a few company name changes with mergers until the end of Boxclever in…

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    Worked for DER from 1973 to 1985 having attended their Accelerated training course in Plumstead. Many stories to tell. We…

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    We didn’t sell these sets, the picture couldn’t compete with the Japanese sets although the Hitachi and Toshiba cost more,…

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