[Kentode]

The valve pins and sockets were cleaned with De-oxit as were the volume pot and wavechange switch. The original cloth-covered three core mains cable was swopped for modern white cable.

Now for the moment of truth! Plugged into a lamp limiter and switched on. l waited for forty seconds for the radio to come to life.

It was very quiet at full volume, with no hum, but a quick tune around and a screwdriver on the aerial socket brought Radio Three blasting in. Success. Good sensitivity on VHF and MW, lots of interference on LW.

Next l cleaned the front of the perspex dial, leaving the back untouched. We've all been there, haven't we? One loose bright was glued back onto a knob.

Picture five shows the lovely suspended dial, picture six shows the cleaned front without dial or knobs.

More to follow.