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It looks, by the pictures, that it was restored recently.
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Indeed, those yellow caps say it all. I didn't know that the colour of a bead in a lamp was a designation of rating, most sensible. Once working it's time for a pantry transmitter to get a better selection of radio stations (or whatever you like, 1950's jazz would be appropriate or some of the excellent USA radio plays) on it.
The Americans did a good job of making a set of valves that would sit on the mains without droppers and made small sets like this possible and affordable.