We rented ours from Rumbelows .. well my mum and dad did and it was black and white. Was yonks before we got colour
Oh gods I had forgotten Rumbelows..lol Maybe mum and dad rented ours from there too, it was either Radio Rentals or Rumbelows.. It was a Ferguson that I do remember, brown wooden casing and 4 buttons on the front that you pushed in for the channels and on/off. And yes it was B&W, I think we got colour in the 70's - I can remember mum getting excited at being able to see Crossroads in colour..lol
Oh yes those were the days People also used to rent their t.v. from Radio Rentals too Blimey I'm showing my age now..lol
Radio Rentals operated censorship I remember when we moved to Knutsford you could get ATV (on channel 8) and TWW (on channel 11), but RR only installed the ITV transistor for your area - we had to have an engineer out to fit the channels 8 and 11 ones hehehe
Oh gods I had forgotten Rumbelows..lol Maybe mum and dad rented ours from there too, it was either Radio Rentals or Rumbelows.. It was a Ferguson that I do remember, brown wooden casing and 4 buttons on the front that you pushed in for the channels and on/off. And yes it was B&W, I think we got colour in the 70's - I can remember mum getting excited at being able to see Crossroads in colour..lol
Rumbelows in the Manchester area was "White & Swales"
Radio Rentals operated censorship I remember when we moved to Knutsford you could get ATV (on channel 8) and TWW (on channel 11), but RR only installed the ITV transistor for your area - we had to have an engineer out to fit the channels 8 and 11 ones hehehe
That's probably why we had RR, we had a transmitter at BlueBell Hill, then it moved to Crystal Palace. We only ever had Southern
Oh yes those were the days People also used to rent their t.v. from Radio Rentals too Blimey I'm showing my age now..lol
:eek::eek: we did that,,,,and we rented a Phillips 2000,,,you could turn the tapes over:eek: (but out local video shop didn't rent films using that version:(), and I thought they were the future of vhs:D)
Yes, and you had to turn the TV on 10 minutes before you wanted to watch something to allow it to warm up.
There was a tower thingy with rings circling it that was on for 15 minutes before the programmes started. We used to sit and watch it while the TV warmed up.
There was a tower thingy with rings circling it that was on for 15 minutes before the programmes started. We used to sit and watch it while the TV warmed up.
And when you turned it off by physically turning it off at the tv, it used to literally go off by the picture/black screen going into a little dot.
Yikes who would have thought watching the closure of the BBC building is making us reminisce about our t.v.'s..lol
That's probably why we had RR, we had a transmitter at BlueBell Hill, then it moved to Crystal Palace. We only ever had Southern
That's what got me loving ITV and the regional stuff: we had friends in Brasted who got London TV, but the grandparents lived just above the Downs ridge and got Southern. I still have the two different TV Times from then...
Oh gods I had forgotten Rumbelows..lol Maybe mum and dad rented ours from there too, it was either Radio Rentals or Rumbelows.. It was a Ferguson that I do remember, brown wooden casing and 4 buttons on the front that you pushed in for the channels and on/off. And yes it was B&W, I think we got colour in the 70's - I can remember mum getting excited at being able to see Crossroads in colour..lol
Rumbelows may have taken over Radio Rentals
Yes, buttons to push and turn Think we were 80's when we got our's :mad: My parents didn't like 'new things'
:eek::eek: we did that,,,,and we rented a Phillips 2000,,,you could turn the tapes over:eek: (but out local video shop didn't rent films using that version:(), and I thought they were the future of vhs:D)
It was very unfortunate that V2000 didn't take off... Would have been much cheaper...
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We rented ours from Rumbelows .. well my mum and dad did and it was black and white. Was yonks before we got colour
Yes, and you had to turn the TV on 10 minutes before you wanted to watch something to allow it to warm up.
So was Michael Grade.
Oh gods I had forgotten Rumbelows..lol Maybe mum and dad rented ours from there too, it was either Radio Rentals or Rumbelows.. It was a Ferguson that I do remember, brown wooden casing and 4 buttons on the front that you pushed in for the channels and on/off. And yes it was B&W, I think we got colour in the 70's - I can remember mum getting excited at being able to see Crossroads in colour..lol
And if the tube thingy started going you bashed the t.v. on the top..lol
Radio Rentals operated censorship
And you had to get off the sofa to turn it on and off :eek:
Rumbelows in the Manchester area was "White & Swales"
It is a weird line up
That's probably why we had RR, we had a transmitter at BlueBell Hill, then it moved to Crystal Palace.
:eek::eek: we did that,,,,and we rented a Phillips 2000,,,you could turn the tapes over:eek: (but out local video shop didn't rent films using that version:(), and I thought they were the future of vhs:D)
There was a tower thingy with rings circling it that was on for 15 minutes before the programmes started. We used to sit and watch it while the TV warmed up.
And when you turned it off by physically turning it off at the tv, it used to literally go off by the picture/black screen going into a little dot.
Yikes who would have thought watching the closure of the BBC building is making us reminisce about our t.v.'s..lol
That's what got me loving ITV and the regional stuff: we had friends in Brasted who got London TV, but the grandparents lived just above the Downs ridge and got Southern. I still have the two different TV Times from then...
Rumbelows may have taken over Radio Rentals
Yes, buttons to push and turn
Amy Turtle .. bless her and the shaky sets
It was very unfortunate that V2000 didn't take off... Would have been much cheaper...