05-05-2026, 02:00 PM
RetrotechUK is just under 2 weeks away!
Roughly 160 tables have been booked and it promises to be a packed and lively show, as usual. Stall holder entry is 7.30, early entry 9am, general entry 10.30. Show closes at 3pm.
See https://www.retrotechuk.com for times and directions.
This year there will be a large exhibition in an adjacent hall, celebrating 50 years of the BVWS and 100 years of Television. Lots of vintage TVs and other technology in operation from a number of different exhibitors. Chris Wood will post more details here in due course.
The Broadcast Engineering Conservation Group will have a display at the side of the main sales hall and should be bringing an outside broadcast vehicle for display outside.
The very popular Dulwich Wireless Museum Bring & Buy stall will be in the exhibition hall this year.
The caterers upgraded last year to a very smart purpose built "shipping container" kitchen, and their food was excellent. Look for them at the far end of the front of the sports complex.
If you arrive at busier times, there will be 100 spaces of overflow parking available in front of the 'Keller Civil Engineering' offices on the A423 Oxford Road, just behind the Connexion - there is a pathway through to save walking by the road.
Based on previous years, the sheer quantity and variety of goods on sale is sure to delight. I always have a wonderful time bargain hunting and never go home empty handed.
This year the BVWS celebrates 50 years.
Founded on the 26th April 1976, to mark this day our nearest event to that is the upcoming RetroTechUK on the 17th May 2026
This year’s RetroTechUK will be the largest event held since moving to Sports Connexion Coventry and we will be using the second hall to incorporate:-
• an enlarged bring and buy, (so dig all those unwanted items you’ve not touched or used)
• displays of Television broadcast history by the team at MCR21,
• Jonathan Hill one the original founders on the history of the society
Also as part of our celebrations, we also thought it was appropriate to also mark the 100 years of television whose milestones include:-
• 100 years since the first demonstration on 26th Jan 1926,
• 90 years since the start of public broadcasting on 2nd November 1936
• 80 years since the restarting of television after WW2 on the 7th June 1946 and much more.
These events will be marked by a display of members sets from the periods since 1936 along with TV accessories and ephemera that show how television developed from John Logie Baird’s early efforts into what we watch today.
Chris Wood
BVWS Committee Member
PS. I am still looking for 1980s colour TV preferably with Teletext to include in the display, please let me know if you have one you could lend us.
Roughly 160 tables have been booked and it promises to be a packed and lively show, as usual. Stall holder entry is 7.30, early entry 9am, general entry 10.30. Show closes at 3pm.
See https://www.retrotechuk.com for times and directions.
This year there will be a large exhibition in an adjacent hall, celebrating 50 years of the BVWS and 100 years of Television. Lots of vintage TVs and other technology in operation from a number of different exhibitors. Chris Wood will post more details here in due course.
The Broadcast Engineering Conservation Group will have a display at the side of the main sales hall and should be bringing an outside broadcast vehicle for display outside.
The very popular Dulwich Wireless Museum Bring & Buy stall will be in the exhibition hall this year.
The caterers upgraded last year to a very smart purpose built "shipping container" kitchen, and their food was excellent. Look for them at the far end of the front of the sports complex.
If you arrive at busier times, there will be 100 spaces of overflow parking available in front of the 'Keller Civil Engineering' offices on the A423 Oxford Road, just behind the Connexion - there is a pathway through to save walking by the road.
Based on previous years, the sheer quantity and variety of goods on sale is sure to delight. I always have a wonderful time bargain hunting and never go home empty handed.
This year the BVWS celebrates 50 years.
Founded on the 26th April 1976, to mark this day our nearest event to that is the upcoming RetroTechUK on the 17th May 2026
This year’s RetroTechUK will be the largest event held since moving to Sports Connexion Coventry and we will be using the second hall to incorporate:-
• an enlarged bring and buy, (so dig all those unwanted items you’ve not touched or used)
• displays of Television broadcast history by the team at MCR21,
• Jonathan Hill one the original founders on the history of the society
Also as part of our celebrations, we also thought it was appropriate to also mark the 100 years of television whose milestones include:-
• 100 years since the first demonstration on 26th Jan 1926,
• 90 years since the start of public broadcasting on 2nd November 1936
• 80 years since the restarting of television after WW2 on the 7th June 1946 and much more.
These events will be marked by a display of members sets from the periods since 1936 along with TV accessories and ephemera that show how television developed from John Logie Baird’s early efforts into what we watch today.
Chris Wood
BVWS Committee Member
PS. I am still looking for 1980s colour TV preferably with Teletext to include in the display, please let me know if you have one you could lend us.
Chris Wood
BVWS member.
BVWS member.
