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    Renting Tellies

    Many thanks to everybody for all the replies. I was worried I might not get much of a response, so I’m glad to see all the postings everyone’s made. I’d not heard about these tellies with meters on the back, that Morturn and Frothblower talk about, for ten bob coins. My grandparents did have...
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    Renting Tellies

    Thanks Dave. Sorry, what I meant was anybody remember renting their telly from College Radio on the Square at Weoley Castle? It was next door to the post office there, on the same side as Lawrence’s. Apologies for not making myself clearer. I also don’t know why it was called College Radio...
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    Renting Tellies

    I saw something on the news the other night about getting televisions on tick, and it reminded me how we used to rent our old telly back in the late 1960s and 1970s. We rented ours from College Radio on Weoley Castle Square, mind I can’t recall how much it was. If it broke we could take in for...
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    Dale End

    Not sure if this is the right place, but I saw this thread and wondered if anyone knew anything about a Royal Naval recruitment centre in Dale End during the War? My father volunteered for the Navy when he was 18 in 1943, and apparently went down to Dale End to join up.
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