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I noticed it was quieter than the past couple of times and a few less stalls. The quality of the items were lower than of previous times and less boxes of vintage things to rummage through. Quite a few of the domestic radios were in particularly rough condition and didn't sell even for spares donating sets. They hadn't cut the grass in the car park again making my feet wet!!

I found a model 8 AVO in working condition for £2 and bought a load of second hand EF80's and EF91's off a stall. I found a small colour CRT television for £3 which looks rather interesting as it is so small.

I didn't get too much as I have nearly reached saturation point here at home and had bought quite a few things last week at the NVCF.

There was a nice chap selling early germanium transistors all NOS and tested for £1 each which I thought was a bargain and bought several for a Tefifon "Holiday deluxe" radio/Tefi player which looks as if someone has reverse biased and destroyed all of the transistors.

I also came away with a load of Mullard/Philips technical literature and catalogues which were almost given away at the end and will give plenty of reading.

Christopher Capener