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Old 24th Apr 2017, 12:55 pm   #418
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Default Re: Bygone radio traders

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Originally Posted by KeithsTV View Post
I'm sure that G2AK was the callsign of Chas H. Young who had a shop in Corporation Street in Birmingham. Used to window shop and occasionally buy stuff there.
I remember hearing G2AK on topband or 80m - I think he lived in Sutton Coldfield. I went to the shop a lot in the late 60s. It was always busy with at least three counter staff on Saturdays. I don't know if I ever encountered Mr Young himself. There was a youngish chap serving there who would be kind to enthusiastic schoolboys with a shopping list and throw in the odd roll of hook-up wire, etc. It was very convenient because many buses stopped on Corporation Street.
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