Whats your favourite LES L JOHNS story

[Sideband]

Originally Posted by KeithsTV

Paul

I've checked all the 1991, and 1992, issues but there are no more LLJ articles.

Oops! Maybe I got the year wrong.....it was late and I tend to get a bit senile sometimes. I'll check again but Paul has probably got them all now anyway.



Rich.

[Roy]

I'd like to add my thanks to Keith and Paul for making these articles available. These will keep us all amused for many hours.

Keith, you deserve a medal for scanning 290 pages in such a short time.

Cheers,

Roy

[KeithsTV]

I have to admit it would have taken longer if I had used my old scanner. I recently bought a new scanner which can scan multiple pages direct to pdf which made the job much easier. Once set up it's a matter of about 30s per page. What did take the time was the fact that I was re-reading the magazines before scanning them. Apart from the LLJ articles there were many interesting articles including many on vintage TV. Many of the TVs featured as new are now classed as "vintage" including the G11 previewed in August 1977.

Perhaps the number of posts on the forum will fall as everyone downloads the files and reads them

regards to all

Keith
(now working on a less ambitious project)

[Paul Stenning]

Keith has sent me the extra three from 1977, which are now on the site. The big PDF file containing all the stories is being uploaded again now, which will take about another 25 minutes (during which time you won't be able to download it).

The missing 1987 files which Steve reported are now available too.

[Tazman1966]

Please allow me to add my thanks to Keith and Paul too. An excellent effort.

[ColinB]

It's been said, I know, but many thanks to Paul and Keith for making these available to us all

Much appreciated!

Thanks again.

Colin

[Phil G4SPZ]

Yes, well done chaps and many thanks.

Phil

[Sideband]

Thanks Paul and Keith . That's lunchtime reading sorted out for the next month or so!



Rich.

[Paul Stenning]

Email received today.

Hi Paul,

I have been looking at your site with great interest (I am Les Lawry-Johns's ******). I got to your site from a link posted from here https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=20327

I would love to download the stories but for some reason it keeps telling me the files are not available. Cookies are enabled by-the-way.

Also I would like to thank you for doing this, reading the things that were written about him really touched me and brought back some lovely memories of the way he was. I would love to read more, can you give me some advice on how to download them please?

Thanking you in advance,

**** Lawry-Johns

I have replied (including details of how to download avoiding the code system).

[Nickthedentist]

That's fascinating! Please do encourage her to share her memories of him.
Nick.

[Tazman1966]

What a fantastic and heartfelt email to have received. That sort of thing restores my faith in humanity.

Cheers to one and all

[KeithsTV]

Originally Posted by Paul Stenning

Email received today.

That email makes it all worth while and it has been a pleasure to have been part of this project.

I can, if anyone is interested, scan the S.Simon articles which ran for several years and form an excellent introduction to TV servicing.

Long live Les. Gone but by no means forgotten.

Keith

[Mike Phelan]

That is truly wonderful; what a great and well-deserved tribute to Les.

[Paul Stenning]

Another email received.

Most of my memories of Les were from when I was a child; I loved the 'smell' of his shop (probably burnt solder or something?) I remember being fascinated watching him working away on an apparently 'dead' set only for him to bring it to 'life'. I remember the way he was always reluctant to charge for his services, I think he just genuinely enjoyed his work and felt uncomfortable about charging for doing something he loved.

The last time I saw him was when I was around 19/20 in the shop (I'd probably taken in a friends television for him to repair, I always told my friends that I would take them in so I had a chance to see him). Sadly, I don't think he recognised me, but he still knew what to do with that TV! It was fixed while we waited, it was like being a child again watching, fascinated by his process of elimination and logic.

I would like to thank you again, you have given me the opportunity to 'get to know' him again (but this time through the eyes of an adult not a child).

I have had another look at your vintage radio web-site and whilst I appreciate the sentiment of including my email to you I should be very grateful if you could remove my name, the rest of the message can stay.

Many thanks again.

As requested, I have removed her name from the post above, and also her relationship with Les. The email here has also been edited.

She also included some information that may help us to locate HB (including her real name) which I will pursue in due course.

[Sean Williams]

I have to say that these articles are getting me into all sorts of bother!

I am supposed to be sorting the workshop out, so I can move some of the old junk (not my description) out of the dining room!

I really should not have downloaded all of them - Excellent reading material!

I really think I ought to have pursued a career in repairing Tv and Radio - sounds like an absoulute blast!

Thanks to all for the time and trouble taken doing this.

Cheers
Sean