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26th Nov 2020, 11:19 pm | #21 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
The Burndept has quite a lot in common with the front cover picture.
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27th Nov 2020, 12:41 am | #22 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
Might be worth seeking out their 1938 range?
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27th Nov 2020, 1:16 am | #23 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
And the Burndept models were also marketed as Vidor.
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27th Nov 2020, 6:54 am | #24 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
It's going to be hard to find this.
Incidentally, how to pronounce Vidor? I've always said "Vye-dor" but should it be "Vee-dor"?
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27th Nov 2020, 10:59 am | #25 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
I have always pronounced it "Vye-dor" or occasionally "Vye-der" when in my West Cornwall accent mode which is rare these days.
I don't recall anyone pronouncing it otherwise but it doesn't mean it isn't correct look at Cyldon I was pronouncing that incorrectly as Cly-don until my late teens. Cheers Mike T
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27th Nov 2020, 1:49 pm | #26 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
In TV&SWW October 1938 "Principal Features & Prices of All Commercial Sets" there is only one Burndept television listed, a 10" x 8" console priced at £50.
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27th Nov 2020, 2:26 pm | #27 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
And Jon's site lists a ten-inch console for 1937.
If this is indeed an artist's impression of an imaginary set, are there any other known pre-war examples (other than cartoons)? Steve
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27th Nov 2020, 3:32 pm | #28 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
One that springs to mind is on the front cover of Andy Emmerson's 'Old Television' book. Possibly an early post war piece of artwork however.
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27th Nov 2020, 4:58 pm | #29 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
Ferguson? 983T? Help!!
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27th Nov 2020, 5:13 pm | #30 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
Perhaps modelled on the HMV 1805 that John posted in #12.?
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27th Nov 2020, 7:07 pm | #31 |
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Re: Mystery 1939 set
Not forgetting the 'Teddy Tail' set, mentioned on here some time ago, which turned out to be real after all.
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