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Few people in Coventry would have had TV back then!

dutchman wrote: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?

dutchman wrote: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.

Melisandre wrote: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!

rebbonk wrote: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.