UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - View Single Post - What vintage equipment did you actually use today?

JoshWard · 12th Jan 2019, 11:04 pm

It varies from day to day what I use.

If I have toast for breakfast then I fire up my 1977 Hoover toaster.

If I am cleaning then I bring out my 1970s Electrolux 504 vacuum cleaner.

An assortment of Metamec clocks around the house inform me what the time is. Ashamed to admit they are all running quartz mechanisms these days...

If I make a phone call it will be on the trimphone in my living room or a BT Viscount upstairs in the bedroom if I need to call a switchboard which can't cope with pulse dialling!

Radio wise my most used sets are my Pye Fenman 2 in my living room, a Decca SRG600 stereogram also in my living room- I have disconnected the turntable from the amplifier and fitted a discreet Bluetooth module, a Perdio Continental in my kitchen and a very scruffy TR82 in the workshop.

Tomorrow I will be using most of the above plus a trip to the shops in my 1971 Morris Marina. The BT Viscount, Electrolux vacuum and the Perdio Continental have all been in the family from new!

12th Jan 2019, 11:04 pm	#132
JoshWard Octode Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Near Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 1,962	Re: What vintage equipment did you actually use today? It varies from day to day what I use. If I have toast for breakfast then I fire up my 1977 Hoover toaster. If I am cleaning then I bring out my 1970s Electrolux 504 vacuum cleaner. An assortment of Metamec clocks around the house inform me what the time is. Ashamed to admit they are all running quartz mechanisms these days... If I make a phone call it will be on the trimphone in my living room or a BT Viscount upstairs in the bedroom if I need to call a switchboard which can't cope with pulse dialling! Radio wise my most used sets are my Pye Fenman 2 in my living room, a Decca SRG600 stereogram also in my living room- I have disconnected the turntable from the amplifier and fitted a discreet Bluetooth module, a Perdio Continental in my kitchen and a very scruffy TR82 in the workshop. Tomorrow I will be using most of the above plus a trip to the shops in my 1971 Morris Marina. The BT Viscount, Electrolux vacuum and the Perdio Continental have all been in the family from new!