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Heatercathodeshort · 15th Dec 2018, 4:19 pm

A number of A56V's must have been sold new after WW2. The one at the museum has 'November 1939' on the ME speaker and it is the original. They must have used up the last of the components and built a few receivers after the close down.

A Murphy dealer with a warehouse in Holborn London offered to store the remaining stocks of television receivers for Murphy Radio. Due to war work they desperately needed the space they were taking up.

During early 1946, in time for the reopening of the service it appears that Murphy dealers were allocated one receiver from the V80 series but by the wording it appears they had to pick it up personally from the Holborn warehouse that had miraculously survived the air raids. [Murphy Service News]

Yes Mike an incredibly ugly sister but neat and tidy for pre war. My 1947 V114 looks very similar. Regards, John.

15th Dec 2018, 4:19 pm	#41
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: 1938 Murphy A56V television restoration A number of A56V's must have been sold new after WW2. The one at the museum has 'November 1939' on the ME speaker and it is the original. They must have used up the last of the components and built a few receivers after the close down. A Murphy dealer with a warehouse in Holborn London offered to store the remaining stocks of television receivers for Murphy Radio. Due to war work they desperately needed the space they were taking up. During early 1946, in time for the reopening of the service it appears that Murphy dealers were allocated one receiver from the V80 series but by the wording it appears they had to pick it up personally from the Holborn warehouse that had miraculously survived the air raids. [Murphy Service News] Yes Mike an incredibly ugly sister but neat and tidy for pre war. My 1947 V114 looks very similar. Regards, John.