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  1. Hurty

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

  2. crustytv
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  4. ChasL001

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

  5. ChasL001

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

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

  9. 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…

  11. 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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  16. 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”…

  18. Jayceebee
  19. Tazman1966

    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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  26. 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?

  38. 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)…

  44. 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…

  47. 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

  54. 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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  57. 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…

  67. Nuvistor

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

  68. 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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  71. Nuvistor

    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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  78. slidertogrid

    I still have the 8500 (Marconi) my parents bought new in I think 1973. We rented a Decca 2230 from…

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  84. Tazman1966

    I liked those gimmicky flappy tuner paddles to be honest. For its era, it made them look a bit more…

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    A family member Rented the Murphy V 2423 between 1974 to 1979 and although this set had the poor A774…

  86. slidertogrid

    I liked the G11, true early models suffered from a few problems some design some let down by poor components.…

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    My second favourite tv the first the G8

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    When I was at school in England in the late 1960s/early 1970s I was nuts about radio and got my…

  91. Stevesje71

    How’s it going Wayne? Hope all is well. It wasn’t my intention to fall out with you, hope to have…

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    Hi, The Philips machines are 2020 and 2022. Nothing later.The Grundig ones are some early ones a few later ones…

  93. crustytv
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    I have over 20 various machines so it would be quite an effort selling and packing for ebay. I would…

  95. Stevesje71

    Excellent memorabilia! I see a TX9 in brilliant white, wish mine was like that and not cream!

  96. crustytv
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    I have lots of v2000 machines Phillips 2022s and grundig various right up to the 2 speed one.I have a…

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    A bit late but my dad John Rice worked for Trafalgar tv back in the 50s 60s.

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    I’d never seen that Kenny Everett ad before! I remember my Mother trading in a very old upright Hoover for…

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    Now then Graham longtime back enjoyed BR Special services what you up to now