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Old 15th Jun 2010, 12:38 am   #10
Peter.N.
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Default Re: Birketts in Lincoln

Thanks for your experiences, I remember their ads in Practical Wireless, its one of those names that burned into my memory like G W Smith, London Central Radio stores, Sterns, Laskeys and many others. Practically every town had a Gov't surplus store, very often in ramshackle old buildings, there was one in Bromley and a shop in Orpington High St. When we went on holiday in the '40s and '50s the first thing I would do would be to look for a surplus store, found one in Bournmouth and spent half my holiday in there - at the tender age of about ten.

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