David Looser wrote:

"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
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I can't help but smile at this, one of the strongest memories I had as a
kid was the TV repair man coming to fix the ailing set, and he always
reminded me of a doctor, with a large leather case full of exotic secret
things. The family would await the result of a few minutes delving into
the back of the box with trepidation, hoping the problem would not mean
"it needs to go back to the shop".



I missed that, as my Dad (a radio engineer with the GPO) fixed our pre-war
Murphy A56V, and my grandmother's Pye V4, himself. The Pye I still have, the
Murphy, unfortunately, was scrapped sometime around 1960 (though I still
have the service manual)

And Pratical Television at about that time had a wonderfull (or so it
seemed) regular spot about a repair man and his young apprentice, each
month solving some electrical problem, and imparting a bit more theory.
Sort of a electronic "Mr Crabtree".


When was that?, I have most issues of PT from about 1964 onwards (and some
from 1959 on) and I don't recognise that. OTOH "Radio Constructor" magazine
had an occasional spot for "Smithy" the serviceman and "Dick", his
apprentice in the mid to late 1950s.

David.



It must have been late 60's early 70's, maybe they rerun the articles
from radio constructor? Or maybe my memory is playing tricks. I
certainly wouldn't have read them in the late 50's

I am sure looking at this it was the same thing

http://vintageradio.me.uk/radconnav/iywindex.htm

I am starting to doubt myself now, maybe I had the wrong mag...

--
Nick