Re: What was Stella?
Hello,
The Philips service organisation was located at 604 Purley Way, Croydon, CR9 4DR for many years - certainly from the early 1960s.
It had various name changes over the years:-
Philips Central Service Department (Philips & Stella)
Amalgamated Electric Services (absorbing Cossor, ADA, Ajax, Peto Scott)
Combined Electronic Services (absorbing Pye, Ekco, Invicta, Pam & Ferranti)
Philips Service (to reflect "the Philips corporate identity").
The site closed circa 1990, when all UK spares were supplied from Eindhoven in Holland.
The Philips UK HQ was, for many years, at Century House, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
Regards,
Dazzlevision
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