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BernardR
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Yes my dad bought a Murphy TV from Sweeney's for the coronation.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Our first TV was a Pye 9" screen (about the same size as an iPad) and it had a varnished wooden case which Dad use to thump to solve any problems. My first rental TV was a Decca Colour TV from a company called Spectrum in the 1970s. I can remember the first film I watched on it the night we had it - 'Arabesque' starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren. It made sense in those days to rent because colour TVs were unreliable.
Our old man,
Got his on rental from Boyds on Aston cross next to the Barclay's bank and the library and there was a big gentleman's fashion of suits the other side and he always complained the picture was always messing up and distorted and the main night on Saturday night was boxing night
It was a heavy we right one sugar ray and rocky Marci the picture went AWOL and he jumped up in temper and shouted to mother get me the screw driver
It was either the nine inch or the twelve inch but he took it off the back and all of a sudden mother screamed its a mouse jumping out
Of the back of it that was force I g the problem as kids we done what mother did jump up onto the table and chairs screaming he got it and belted it dead
And he left the back off until the fight was over and sent us all the screaming kids to bed then Monday he took it back and went to sweneys astonian
Got his on rental from Boyds on Aston cross next to the Barclay's bank and the library and there was a big gentleman's fashion of suits the other side and he always complained the picture was always messing up and distorted and the main night on Saturday night was boxing night
It was a heavy we right one sugar ray and rocky Marci the picture went AWOL and he jumped up in temper and shouted to mother get me the screw driver
It was either the nine inch or the twelve inch but he took it off the back and all of a sudden mother screamed its a mouse jumping out
Of the back of it that was force I g the problem as kids we done what mother did jump up onto the table and chairs screaming he got it and belted it dead
And he left the back off until the fight was over and sent us all the screaming kids to bed then Monday he took it back and went to sweneys astonian
just asked my hubby if he remembers our first telly we rented just after we got married he gave me funny look
we had it of the dudley rd the story is i wanted to watch wagen train he didnt so me being me hit it with a hammer he was using
and did that telly blow up
hubbys words were i need locking up and never let out
josie
we had it of the dudley rd the story is i wanted to watch wagen train he didnt so me being me hit it with a hammer he was using
and did that telly blow up
hubbys words were i need locking up and never let out
josie
Does anybody recall the TV you rented for a 6d awek viewing by putting a tanner in the slot at the back of the held
I think they was called rent a view they was all over the place mainly for the Poorer family's I believe they started it from dudley road
Best wishes astonian
I think they was called rent a view they was all over the place mainly for the Poorer family's I believe they started it from dudley road
Best wishes astonian
I certainly do Alan, the thing would always cut out, just at an interesting part of a film or programme.
I used to work as a decorator for the local council in the early 70's; we used to do 'one room decorations' for the old age pensioners. On a couple of occasions, I have moved an old TV set in the living room, that's not been moved for years, to find the legs would fall off, or the pressed cardboard back would collapse because it so dried out, or worse still the TV set just would not work again after I'd moved it. The response was always " it was ok before you came"!
I know we had something like that. There was a machine fixed to the back of the set that took coins but I think they were bigger than sixpences. The trouble was that the machine broke down after a while so the guy who came to collect the money just took off part of the meter and collected the money from mum. I seem to remember it came from somewhere on New St and after we'd paid for so long they just gave it to us.
Our first TV rarely worked properly. Always had the snowy effect, but sometimes you could just about watch it, except it was winter every day. My dad being an electrician used to fiddle about with the insides. He'd show me all the paraphernalia when he removed the back of the TV, hoping I would be filled with enthusiasm, pointing out all the different valves(?) and tubes etc. But afraid it was all wasted on me, as all I wanted to do was watch a programme without having to circumnavigate the living room, holding the aerial up above and fiddling with 'arms' to improve reception. When we had an aerial up in the loft, my dad would be up there shouting totally incomprehensible comments through the loft hatch, while someone in the hall relayed it to someone in the living room, who then checked the picture quality. Then the response from the living room was slowly relayed back up the chain to my dad in the loft. Occasionally it did the trick.
Later we went in for a hired TV from Radio Rentals. Well that was such a luxury. We could actually watch programmes, instead of being sidetracked by all the shenanigans previously mentioned. Then I'd watch anything and everything. Today, however, I watch only selected TV, more often than not on the iPad or PC. I do now wonder why we bother having TVs as I can watch all I need by several other means. Who'd have thought that possible? Well, my dad would most certainly have believed it because I remember him saying to me in the early 1970s that computers would revolutionise the world of media and communications. Viv.
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Later we went in for a hired TV from Radio Rentals. Well that was such a luxury. We could actually watch programmes, instead of being sidetracked by all the shenanigans previously mentioned. Then I'd watch anything and everything. Today, however, I watch only selected TV, more often than not on the iPad or PC. I do now wonder why we bother having TVs as I can watch all I need by several other means. Who'd have thought that possible? Well, my dad would most certainly have believed it because I remember him saying to me in the early 1970s that computers would revolutionise the world of media and communications. Viv.
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maypolebaz
master brummie
Like many, our 8in telly was obtained, "on the knock", for the coronation.
My mother was saying, when I saw her on Sunday, how we all used to sit, mesmerised, in front of the Box.
We used to watch EVERYTHING, including "Interlude" and "Normal Service will be resumed as soon as possible".
Mind you, there was only one channel in those days.
My mother was saying, when I saw her on Sunday, how we all used to sit, mesmerised, in front of the Box.
We used to watch EVERYTHING, including "Interlude" and "Normal Service will be resumed as soon as possible".
Mind you, there was only one channel in those days.
Radio Rentals ad from 1969. See how the picture extends right to the edges! I remember we always called it a TV 'set'. Set of what?! Viv.
Don't forget the Potters wheel or Ivor Emanual sings.
G G Jean
Brummy Wench.
each:I wonder if this is the same company?. - Pearce Electrical - TV, Video & Radio in Birmingham, UK ...
birmingham.enquira.co.uk/.../pearce-electrical-l20484.html CachedPearce Electrical is listed under the Birmingham TV, Video & Radio category and is located in 246 Warwick Road Greet , Birmingham, West Midlands. Come to think of it I am now sure it was on the Warwick road?.
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