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    Ian P
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      @ianp
      Neil
       
      I wondered where the coronation connection came from. It never crossed my mind about the soap opera, I’m glad you worked it out as I read through the thread twice and decided to stay puzzled.
       
      Ian P
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      #84278
      Les Jones 1
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        @lesjones1
        Hi All,
        Sorry to cause the confusion by not reading Neil’s post properly. Neil’s mention of the home built TV started me searching on the web to identify the receivers used in the TV my father built. I remembered what they looked like after all these years and finally identified them as R1355’s
         
        Les.
        #84292
        Ian S C
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          @iansc
          The first tely we had was (even then) an old Bush from UK,That was in themid 1960s, I remember it had a two pin plug (like an electric jug), and if you put it in the wrong way round the aerial mast became live, plenty of large sparksto ground. Ian S C
          #84341
          Sub Mandrel
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            @submandrel
            I remeber the two-pin plugs with a pair of brass split pins in. I was born in ’62, and my Dad had a TV shop & rental business in those days. He was very slow to get into colour, but I remember the first time I saw one (it was in our living room!) – it was a jockey in the paddock and his bright pink silks against the bright green grass are in my mind even now!
             
            The shop (Wyatt’s Radio of Barry) had been my grandfather’s and as a teenager I had many happy hours digging around in twenty years worth of electrical junk. One room had a huge (4″+ diameter I’d guess) lightbulb with a carbon filament that still worked. The telephone had a dynamo you had to wind up to contact the exchange, even though we had a ‘normal’ phone at home, just up the road.
             
            Neil
            #84371
            martin perman 1
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              @martinperman1
              Gentlemen,
               
              If somebody can tell me how to put pictures on here I will take a picture of my torch as described by Ian P
               
              Martin P
              #84376
              Ady1
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                @ady1
                #84379
                Les Jones 1
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                  @lesjones1
                  Hi Martin,
                  Posting a picture on this forum is not as straight forward as it is on other forums.
                  First you have to upload it to “My photos” (This is at the top left hand corner of the web page. The first step is to create an album. There is then a option to add pictures to the album. To do this it is again not logical as you have to select “Edit photos” I think from memory it is fairly logical after that. Do not use very high definition images. Reduce their size to less than about 200K. Once the pictures are in the album you can add them to a post. This is done by clicking on the button to the left of the “You tube” button.
                   
                  Les.
                  #84390
                  martin perman 1
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                    @martinperman1
                    Thank you gentlemen,
                     
                    Album created, will upload a picture after I have been to a local Model Railway exhibition this morning.
                     
                    Martin P
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                    martin perman 1
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                      @martinperman1
                      Gentlemen,
                       
                      My Grandfather was a chauffer before the Second World War and travelled with the family he worked for so I assume he bought this torch it has a patent no dated 1918 and 1924 and it was made in Switzerland by “Nonox”
                       

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