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Old 15th Nov 2018, 2:03 am   #1
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This radio was bought for the princely sum of one pound at golborne on nov 11th.I would like to try to identify it if possible,there are no makers names on the dial or the back.Inside is a pretty standard looking 4 valve+ rectifier s/het and valves i have looked at so far are 6V6-6Q7.so i presume the other two will be 6K7-6K8 and rectifier is U50.One thing i thought was it might be from Seymour Radio who were based in ashton upon lyne manchester from 1947 to 1951.I havent found anything as yet.Mike Barker also thought the knobs looked like Vidor types. Cheers Graham.
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Old 16th Nov 2018, 12:31 pm   #2
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Probably not a Vidor. They often bought generic OEM knobs anyway.
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Old 16th Nov 2018, 2:00 pm   #3
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Seeing this made me think about all the many small, local-for-local companies, that made Radios (and some of them, Radiograms) for sales in their immediate area. Most of these were "no name", 5 valve, 3 waveband, octal superhet table radios.
I have a very rare book called "The Golden Years" by W D Cussins (Cussins and Light Limited) who from their small workshop, made and distributed their own Radios in East Yorkshire. They also sold and serviced other brands as well. A fascinating story that covers the period of from 1946-1956.
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A large number of small radio manufacturers set themselves up in the immediate postwar years. They were often started by demobbed engineers who had worked on radar during the war, and their designs used lots of war surplus valves and components which were being dumped onto the market at that time. The cabinets were built by local furniture makers. Any radio using American valves not from a big name maker is a good candidate.

They had mostly disappeared by the mid 50s.
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Old 17th Nov 2018, 12:57 am   #5
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A few more pics of radio,it is a four plus one s/het valve lineup is 6k8gt/6k7g/6q7gt/6v6gt u50.The only markings on the chassis are a series of date stamps the first being 1956 and the latest 1961.Not much chance of finding anything about this radio but thanks to all for for trying. Graham.
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Old 17th Nov 2018, 7:51 am   #6
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Default Re: Can anyone recognise this radio.

It's likely that those dates are just repair dates. The valve line-up suggests 40's.

Looks good for restoration...probably works as well as any set with a similar valve line-up.
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I have a very rare book called "The Golden Years" by W D Cussins (Cussins and Light Limited) who from their small workshop, made and distributed their own Radios in East Yorkshire. They also sold and serviced other brands as well. A fascinating story that covers the period of from 1946-1956.
How would you feel about scanning this and making it available online? There must be a great many such books which would not be worth anyone's while to reprint commercially, but which would be of great interest to enthusiasts. Asking you this reminds me that I have several odd booklets which I must scan... as soon as I get a Round Tuit.
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Chassis iron works looks a bit like a Plessey? Or even Pye? could have been bits bought from a larger maker and been assembled in a small workshop anywhere. I have not seen a Seymour anything like that, they were mostly consoles with lift up lids.
So Mike got you with the " only a £" line too. I ended up with the big one.
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Old 21st Nov 2018, 3:17 am   #9
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As you say seymours are mostly consoles,i have one i bought in manchester about 20 years ago,it was just a thought.I would have had the big one if i had the room!
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I've a Seymour Montrose which is about the size and shape of this set, similar dial arrangement too with a row of four knobs beneath. Checked the chassis though and it doesn't resemble this radio (it's AC/DC for starters): and the dial and knobs are on the left, 'speaker on the right.

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Old 22nd Nov 2018, 3:51 am   #11
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Thanks for looking Paul. I found the article in the bulletin by Iain wright but there wasnt any that matched mine. Graham.
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Old 22nd Nov 2018, 8:35 am   #12
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Keeping to a Scottish theme; when I first saw your pictures, I immediately thought it was an Allander, as the cabinet design and construction is so similar to a couple of sets in my wee collection from this Glasgow manufacturer. However, the dial artwork and chassis are completely different, so I don’t think it is one.
Paul in post 4 described Allander’s story to a ‘T’, and I expect he is right that it is a product of another such short-lived 1940s manufacturer.
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Could McCarthy (Felgate Radio) be a contender?
They mostly made chassis but did produce some table radios. I have a little MC422, the cabinet does not appear to be mass produced.

There are not many pictures around but this one on RMorg has a similar valve line up.

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/mccarthy_295.html

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