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Old 18th Sep 2018, 12:43 am   #27
G8UWM-MildMartin
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Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK.
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Default Re: Changing the BVWS

I can't see any need for a change of name, as it fits the existing society adequately.
I must declare my interest in that I am honoured to be a member.
Also that I am interested in anything with valves in it, but have, inexplicably, recently developed an interest in collecting coffee percolators!
I haven't found a society for collectors of obsolete UK domestic appliances (if one exists, perhaps someone could kindly point me in their direction?), though there is a section here.
I am not complaining that they don't fit in the current remit of the BVWS.
And I'm happy for the BVWS not to include VHS video recorders or 1980s mass-market audio equipment yet.
I do wonder whether there is a demand for coverage of such things among younger people.
If so, perhaps the BVWS could initially nurture both, possibly leading to a sister society specialising in obsolete equipment from the IC era onwards?
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