Electricians in Leeds as wot can fix old stuff?

[Bramley4woods]

BLAKEY wrote: [quotenick="chameleonUpright walnut case with the fabricspeaker grill on the front and a large hand swinging from one side to the other as you turned the knob of the varicap to indicate the station present at any given point - memories of Droitwhich at one end and out space at the other! Always ery reliable and similarly responsible for my first electric shochk when sticking wires for an extension speaker into the designated wander plug sockets on the rearAnd them valve - veritable bottles by way of later offerings weren't they! How did the weekdays go - HOusewife's choice, musid whilst you work, Billy Cotton's worker's playtime was it? No chameleon, it was not that model. Ours had a large square speaker grill at the top and a circular tuning dial below, and four knobs for various functions. Its a good job the Trades Descriptions Act was not in force or all the radio manufacturers would have been constantly in Court. The ambitious station names were fascinating - there were dozens on that dial - Daventry, Bournemouth, Hilversum, Lahti, Warsaw, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, etc etc. With yards of aerial wire and an "earth" stuck in the garden you were lucky to get the BBC on a good day !! The maker's name LIZZEN was a sick joke as you were rarely able to LISTEN satisfactorily Anyone remember, until fairly recently, a little shop in Cookridge Street which sold practically any valve you might want, as did DBTV in North Lane, Headingley ??.    Erm, er wasn't that called Blakey's ???Had a small glass cabinet just outside the door with valves plugged in???A classier joint was Radio Supply Co. (R.S.C) in the Arcade where Harvey Nic's is now.. There was also a clutch of radio / ex-rental tv shops on Meadow, And also "Leeds Radio" on Hunslet Lane (and later on Kirkgate close to where the defunct slaughterhouse used to be. This sold mostly Jap / Hong Kong rubbish in later years).Never forgetting Mr Mac Garrock (Mac O' Morley) who had a shop selling dismantled early computer gear on Meadow Lane and a "Corporate Headquarters" at the bottom of High Street in Morley.The latter a prime example of how *Not* to re-develop a site (with a large workshop below ground level) where it remains to blight High Street Morley..

[BLAKEY]

[quotenick="Bramley4woodsErm, er wasn't that called Blakey's ???Had a small glass cabinet just outside the door with valves plugged in???Hi Bramley4woods - I can't honestly say I remember the name of the Cookridge Street shop but, yes, that was the one with the small cabinet outside. I had completely forgotten that the valves were "plugged in" but you're right, they were.In today's law abiding socirty I wonder just how long such a display would last now ?? I also remember "Spare Parts Land" south of the City - they were fascinating times indeed before the "built in obsolescence/throwaway culture developed.

[Si]

Uno Hoo wrote: It's a long time since I saw Hilversum on a radio dial. And Athlone...

[Mikey]

Hi Jane if you need a hand repairing your Signal Generator let me know.Based in Leeds Headingley/Meanwood area. £20 that must be for a full set of Valves! Having said that I didnt check the types.Hello to Jim at M&B I was a regular in 70s when it was under the Railway arches lol!

[Crazy Jane]

Thanks, i got an email back from Lee at M&B who says he doesn't do stuff like that anymore but he was kind enough to let me know it's almost always the output valve that goes on these.When i get time i'll check it out again then see if i can source a replacement valve out and give that a try. If that doesn;t work i may take you up on the offer!