Retro back in the day service dept locations - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

DrStrangelove · 2nd Sep 2023, 12:53 pm

Whilst the Telebank service dept up in Cwmdu was nice and level, the service dept for the Swansea Granada TV Rentals in Orchard Street helps explain my back problems:

It was above the shop.

Up a staircase with a right angle bend halfway up.

The sheer joy of manhandling one of those ?Decca? ?Dynatron? 26" wooden cabinet monstrosities up that lives with me even yet.

Said monstrosities always had the feet removed so there was very little to grab hold of during the two man lift.

I was reminded of this by the photo in another thread.

In many ways it was a relief to move to 3M in Gorseinon where video tape was manufactured.

It had goods lifts to shift heavy stuff between floors.

its ur aerial · 8th Sep 2023, 7:18 pm

I can sympathise on this one, I worked at DER in Wembley.
Stock TV`s and VCR were kept in in a secure room on the third floor ! No lift of course, 26" 9600`s in boxes and all the rest had to be humped up 3 flights of narrow stairs.
As for 26" sets with Queen Anne cabinets and doors, these were always rented by people living on top floor, always with out fail

Ken G6HZG.
PS. Not to many Dynatron`s at Telebank I guess

MIKEG4IIA · 8th Sep 2023, 9:17 pm

I worked out of the Hereford Granada TV Rentals in the 1970's. The service area was upstairs but we did have a stair lift. I thought that I may need one of these in my latter years. Mind you, we were expected to carry (mostly) Salora TV's up loadsa stairs in flats. God they were heavy!

2nd Sep 2023, 12:53 pm	#1
DrStrangelove Hexode Join Date: Jan 2023 Location: Neath, Port Talbot, Wales, UK. Posts: 273	Retro back in the day service dept locations Whilst the Telebank service dept up in Cwmdu was nice and level, the service dept for the Swansea Granada TV Rentals in Orchard Street helps explain my back problems: It was above the shop. Up a staircase with a right angle bend halfway up. The sheer joy of manhandling one of those ?Decca? ?Dynatron? 26" wooden cabinet monstrosities up that lives with me even yet. Said monstrosities always had the feet removed so there was very little to grab hold of during the two man lift. I was reminded of this by the photo in another thread. In many ways it was a relief to move to 3M in Gorseinon where video tape was manufactured. It had goods lifts to shift heavy stuff between floors.

8th Sep 2023, 7:18 pm	#2
its ur aerial Hexode Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK. Posts: 406	Re: Retro back in the day service dept locations I can sympathise on this one, I worked at DER in Wembley. Stock TV`s and VCR were kept in in a secure room on the third floor ! No lift of course, 26" 9600`s in boxes and all the rest had to be humped up 3 flights of narrow stairs. As for 26" sets with Queen Anne cabinets and doors, these were always rented by people living on top floor, always with out fail Ken G6HZG. PS. Not to many Dynatron`s at Telebank I guess __________________ Life is not Hollywood, life is Cricklewood.

8th Sep 2023, 9:17 pm	#3
MIKEG4IIA Triode Join Date: May 2021 Location: Near Hereford, Herefordshire, UK. Posts: 29	Re: Retro back in the day service dept locations I worked out of the Hereford Granada TV Rentals in the 1970's. The service area was upstairs but we did have a stair lift. I thought that I may need one of these in my latter years. Mind you, we were expected to carry (mostly) Salora TV's up loadsa stairs in flats. God they were heavy!