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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. " We had one on holiday when our kids were little!!! | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. I don't remember that, but I do remember when the buttons for the channels were on the front of the TV, and how many times I had to get up and change the channel for my mum " Do you remember the pain if you changed channels that were next to each other and the button popping out as you pushed one in smacked you in the knuckles? | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. " I think it was called redufison or something like that .big Gray box on side of tv silde 50p in slot then turn knob made a big clunk sound lol . Think someone came round every few weeks to empty it . | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. " Or it could have been radio rentals and that's how you paid for tv . | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. Or it could have been radio rentals and that's how you paid for tv ." “Should have gone to radio rentals “ | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. I don't remember that, but I do remember when the buttons for the channels were on the front of the TV, and how many times I had to get up and change the channel for my mum Do you remember the pain if you changed channels that were next to each other and the button popping out as you pushed one in smacked you in the knuckles? " I do now lol. I had forgotten | |||
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"The Sharp videostar video (or was it Ferguson) recorder, no remote but it could record up to 7 days in advance!, piano style buttons to operate it. And it was a top loader. I remember my Dad buying a colour tv for the Leeds/Chelsea cup final in 1970, cost a fortune!! " VHS2000 was ours. Also Cassette style top loader with the tapes that you could turn over like a music cassette to record on both sides!! | |||
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"Remember the remote controls that actually were linked to the tv with a wire? " Bloody hell were weren't THAT high class. Our remote control was me!!! No point getting comfortable cos I spent most of my time at the side of the TV changing channels. (I mean seriously, how many times can you possibly go through 3 channels)!!! | |||
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"Remember the remote controls that actually were linked to the tv with a wire? Bloody hell were weren't THAT high class. Our remote control was me!!! No point getting comfortable cos I spent most of my time at the side of the TV changing channels. (I mean seriously, how many times can you possibly go through 3 channels)!!! " I didn’t say we had one. We rented our telly. We had black and white until it was unrepairable. Mum didn’t want to pay more but they talked her into a colour one by throwing in a video. I was just leaving school then. Left home soon after. | |||
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"Remember the remote controls that actually were linked to the tv with a wire? Bloody hell were weren't THAT high class. Our remote control was me!!! No point getting comfortable cos I spent most of my time at the side of the TV changing channels. (I mean seriously, how many times can you possibly go through 3 channels)!!! I didn’t say we had one. We rented our telly. We had black and white until it was unrepairable. Mum didn’t want to pay more but they talked her into a colour one by throwing in a video. I was just leaving school then. Left home soon after. " My dad was a big believer in rental "less money to pay if things go wrong" I think we rented the same TV for about 10 years without a single problem, probably paid about 1000 pounds or more in rent on it (1980s inflation accounted for) | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. I don't remember that, but I do remember when the buttons for the channels were on the front of the TV, and how many times I had to get up and change the channel for my mum Do you remember the pain if you changed channels that were next to each other and the button popping out as you pushed one in smacked you in the knuckles? I do now lol. I had forgotten " So easy to tune though, just twist the individual corrugated long stemmed button. I can hear it now. | |||
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"Redifusion etc. Hell yes . You’re very cute OP" Fanks | |||
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"Redifusion etc. Hell yes . You’re very cute OP Fanks " Our pleasure , genuine observation , well meant x | |||
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"Do we remember the coin meters that wouldn’t take the new coins so you had to keep a supply of the old ones? " I do yes. I remember the meter man who used to come round and collect also R | |||
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"Just realised I put this in the wrong forum. Oops. Sorry mods " Tut tut !! Spanking for you !! | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. " My grandparents had one in their house. It was a rented tv and that was how you payed for it. Very early version of pay-per-view. | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. " I used to work for a company did them round the Hull area back in 1999 | |||
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"I'm way to young to remember such a thing Do remember having to twist them little knobs to change channels." The round knob with a flat thing in the middle? Twist the plate to fine tune. Turn the big knob and the plate spins round like mad. | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. " We were poor so yes I do and so embarrassed when friends came round and the meter ran out. T | |||
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"Let's play we were so poor we had to eat dirt" You could start a thread about that, perhaps | |||
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"Let's play we were so poor we had to eat dirt You could start a thread about that, perhaps" Nah...my threads go unnoticed lol | |||
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"Let's play we were so poor we had to eat dirt" There is no shame in being poor when you were a child as it was hardly the child’s fault was it eating dirt or not so let’s not play your game eh!!! T | |||
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"Let's play we were so poor we had to eat dirt You could start a thread about that, perhaps" We were so poor we had to have children as a cheap alternative to Turkey at Xmas! (Thanks to Blackadder for the quote) | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. " Yes and the gas and electric meters that had a coin box... | |||
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"I remember growing up with one of those - reading a few of the replies brought back similar memories... ....feeding the coin into the slot, turning the knob and hearing the clunk... ....using a rotary control knob to select the channels - each had a preset number to turn it to... ....fine-tuning using the centre knob... ....and a couple of thin knobs to twiddle to adjust vertical and horizontal hold..." Oh god yes, the vertical hold on a black and white portable tv I had was impossible to get quite right so the picture rolled very slowly. | |||
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"I remember black and white tellys and putting sweet wrappers on the front to see what a colour tv would be like " Aw, bless. Remember the school disco where the DJ had a flashing light cabinet? A big box with coloured bulbs behind a frosted front And the four coloured bulbs in a row in a rectangular box. Groooovy | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. Or it could have been radio rentals and that's how you paid for tv . “Should have gone to radio rentals “ " I worked for Radio rentals. It was our easyveiw section with the coin meters. You could have a washing machine with a meter. Single men could not have one. As they neber washed enough clothes a month to get enough "rent" in the meter. | |||
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""great service you get renting your colour set...….".- it's a generation thing lol." That was Granada's slogan, as I recall... | |||
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"I remember black and white tellys and putting sweet wrappers on the front to see what a colour tv would be like Aw, bless. Remember the school disco where the DJ had a flashing light cabinet? A big box with coloured bulbs behind a frosted front And the four coloured bulbs in a row in a rectangular box. Groooovy " I remember those too yes | |||
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"I remember the image of a girl with an alice band, playing noughts and crosses with a rather terrifying toy clown " The "Test Card" It used to be transmitted in the days before daytime TV so engineers would have something to tune into. | |||
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"Televisions with a coin box on them to be able to use it? I do, from a holiday self catering when I was little. " had one at my nans in the 90s lol | |||
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"Alongside the tone at night to make people turn their tv's off!" And the white dot. | |||
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"I remember the television was in wood or some kind of material like laminated wood , watching Dr Richard Kimble in the serie The Fugitive and The Elephant Man " And it was in a proper box a couple of feet deep. | |||
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"Do you remember the smell and the wait for the valves to warm up before getting a clear picture when you first turned on the TV?" If you looked in through the vents in the back you could see the heaters in the valves glowing. | |||
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