T.V. STORE 1977

[Brunel]

HOW MANY CAN YOU NAME..?       



   

[Mike Watterson]

And everyone of them has better audio than most flatscreen TVs!

[valvekits]

I left the trade in 1976 but I recognise a few of the TV’s. The price of the Philips 550 @£249 sounds like a good price compared to just a couple of years earlier. It looks like it was an independent retailer to be selling so many brands.

Eddie

[Richard_FM]

I did wonder if a shop stocking so many brands would also be agents for them all, providing after-sales servicing.

[valvekits]

I don’t think he was a member here, but before his passing Alan Stepney (UKVRR) was collating historical information on the various  UK TV retailers and independents. It was a slow burner job but I believe his website went with his passing so unfortunately some useful information lost.

[Richard_FM]

I don’t think he was a member here, but before his passing Alan Stepney (UKVRR) was collating historical information on the various  UK TV retailers and independents. It was a slow burner job but I believe his website went with his passing so unfortunately some useful information lost.

I did see some pictures posted elsewhere a week or two ago from a dealer in the 1950s who seemed to stock all the main brands & was an agent for most all of them according to a poster included.

[hamid_1]

Nice picture! It reminds me of the large out-of-town discount warehouse type stores which were then just starting to become popular, like Comet.

I can spot a few Philips G8 sets in there, with their distinctive slanting tuner buttons.

The lost website of Alan Stepney may have been archived at https://web.archive.org
Try entering the URL in the "Wayback Machine" box.

[valvekits]

Thanks hamid, from searching, it  turns out Alan had lots of other interests and someone else was looking for his website a couple of years ago and linked to wayback.
Alan Stepney archive
I started searching through his archived site, the retailer info must be in there somewhere,  but then I got distracted by all the other stuff.
I’m not a steam buff but I bet I easily could have been if it were not for electronics.

Eddie