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Well done, they should have given you the job of editing

Who is the man in the shades, partly visible at the back, third from the left? Looks like an attempt at a photobomb.

The early ones with valves probably were the worst! I heard about someone's family getting one as a hand me down from a richer relative, but their Dad didn't like the smell of dust burning on the valves so as soon as they could afford...

In the early episodes the man with the little red sportscar also played the milk round supervisor in a later episode

The old Colour TV sets would burn through the electric, then even worse the Plasma TV, you could stand in front of those with bread on a toasting fork

Go to your room :oops:

Would that be Seymour Skywalker?:21:

The rise of Skywalker oops, done it again :(

I recall the TV top antenna that would you stand there adjusting to picture perfect, but by the time you sat down the screen had turned to mush again

As technology improved I remember buying a Casio mini colour TV with something like a two inch screen used it when I was at work during quiet periods on nightshift just showed how far things had progressed.

Like most folk around us members born in the 50's I do recall the same sets as mentioned as technology progressed, I believe most of the sets were rented, I do recall passing a shop in Bedford where they displayed some of the first...

To answer the original question, no, I don't miss the old TV sets. Now, for a lower price you can buy a set that will do much more.

That's cheap. In some towns they are 50p!

Our first TV, ~1951, was a big square box with just a few knobs. Connected to an antenna on the roof. We lived in a rather narrow valley so picked up only one channel, WSYR out of Syracuse NY. The program selection was quite tame...

And had several big valves ;)