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Old 28th Feb 2018, 7:01 am   #27
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Originally Posted by FERNSEH View Post
The article is about a Yorkshire firm called
Radio equipment(Yorkshire) Ltd. The service department was located at 115-117 Castlegate, Huddersfield. A floor area of exceeding 3,000 square feet, houses a staff of 16, including those who use vans.
Is this firm still in business?
I don't think so. I was born and brought up near Huddersfield. The name Castlegate got re-used for part of the ring road built in the mid/late sixties. I didn't know the name had been used before that, but google earth points to a remaining block, parallel to Fitzwilliam street. I think this put them at the back of where Riopon Brothers used to be. Handy if they needed to nip out for a new coach-built Rolls Royce.

There were plenty of TV repairers in Huddersfield in the sixties

Woods
Charlie Shaw's
Broadbent up Imperial Arcade
One on Venn St whose name I can't remember
Guy Lacock
One on the Beast Market

But that one I'd not heard of.

David
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