The Grove Family

Few people in Coventry would have had TV back then!

Few people in Coventry would have had TV back then!

We had one then we were first in our street to have a tv .

Oh, posh!

BBC-only I presume as ITV didn't start in this area until a year later?

Oh, posh!

BBC-only I presume as ITV didn't start in this area until a year later?

Posh? what with 7 kids plus 2 adults living in a two bed house in Telfer Rd Radford nope my mum was clever with money and my dad and mum both worked we were the first to have a car too a black one that had runner boards then Humber Hawk. I recall next door having a walnut cabinet tv which was down to the floor with a tiny pink screne.

Which ever channel Watch with Mother was on when I was two years old before I went to nursery at 3. Then no tv on until night time the test card came up after Watch with Mother finished.

I recall next door having a walnut cabinet tv which was down to the floor with a tiny pink screne.

This 'un I presume?

Pye BV30C:

Yes thats the one.

I wish I could remember the first TV I ever watched? It was a BBC-only set but had a blue tint so wasn't a Pye.

This is the same as the first TV we had...



I suspect it was a Murphy. I think my mum still has the table somewhere!

I suspect it was a Murphy. I think my mum still has the table somewhere!

Murphy V310 (1957). The table didn't come with the TV although Murphy did make a couple of floor-standing versions of the same set.