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Old 5th Dec 2017, 9:47 pm   #34
FERNSEH
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Default Re: A poor old HMV at the Recycling Centre...

This was the first HMV TV set to be made under the twenty-one year brand name licencing deal that was struck up between EMI and Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd. The other EMI brand name was Marconi.
I've never been sure of the precise release year of this model, was it 1956 or 57?
The super reliable Ferguson 306T chassis was installed into a very high quality cabinet, if that would have ever bothered anyone working at the dump. But to be fair there was always guys who knew good stuff when they saw it and put items of interest aside. But that was a long time ago.

And don't forget that 2009 car scrappage scheme in which many classic cars finished up in the crusher. Now it's time for many of those 2009 models to be meeting a similar fate.

DFWB.
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