Nick Gorham wrote:
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...

As far as I remember, the series ran in a slightly modified form right
up until Practical Television closed down after it turned into
Television. I remember reading some not too long ago, but the format was
of the guru handing the problem to the novice, giving him enough clues,
with the answer on page xxx. "Of course, what Novice missed was....."

Now Television's morphed again & been relaunched as Television &
Consumer Electronics. I've not seen a copy of the new one yet.

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Tciao for Now!

John.