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Welsh Anorak · 25th Oct 2010, 1:49 pm

Hi
Reading PP's post I remember just missing a set at the warehouse in Crewe I used to visit in the Nineties. Apparently a big posh cabinet had arrived the previous week which turned out to be a G6 G25K501 version - then over 25 years old. One engineer was intrigued and turned it on. After a very long time the colour relay clicked and a good picture appeared. The set probably hadn't been used since the Seventies - if at all - and had stayed at the back of a warehouse.
I grabbed my wallet only to be told the boss had told them to get that big ugly thing out of the way and it was dumped outside a couple of days before my visit. Mysteriously that night it had vanished - hopefully to a new life, but more likely to the 'cocktail cabinet' converters.
I still wish my visit had been a few days earlier!
Glyn

25th Oct 2010, 1:49 pm	#93
Welsh Anorak Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Wales, UK. Posts: 6,916	Re: Favourite Colour tv's Hi Reading PP's post I remember just missing a set at the warehouse in Crewe I used to visit in the Nineties. Apparently a big posh cabinet had arrived the previous week which turned out to be a G6 G25K501 version - then over 25 years old. One engineer was intrigued and turned it on. After a very long time the colour relay clicked and a good picture appeared. The set probably hadn't been used since the Seventies - if at all - and had stayed at the back of a warehouse. I grabbed my wallet only to be told the boss had told them to get that big ugly thing out of the way and it was dumped outside a couple of days before my visit. Mysteriously that night it had vanished - hopefully to a new life, but more likely to the 'cocktail cabinet' converters. I still wish my visit had been a few days earlier! Glyn