Best present ever for my 60Th birthday

[@bobdring8857]

In my school days, around 1967 there was a line of electronic repair and surplus shop in Leeds on Meadow lane. I don’t remember all the names but there was M&B radio tv repairs the B was Brian and I cant remember the M. They were very kind to a poor but interested schoolboy. Around the same area was a surplus photography shop selling ex defence bromide paper etc. Another shop was Mac of Morley a treasure house of ex government electronic surplus radios test gear and components. I had a casual job there for a while as a kid. More toward the city was a scientific and chemistry shop Reynolds and Brandson and in an alleyway another electronics surplus shop that had working displays of transmitters etc. i remember seeing a neon lamp light with RF for the first time there. Lots of people liked making and experimenting at that time.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

the small ads in the radio magazines are stuffed with surplus suppliers from donkeys years ago but I very much doubt there will be any others apart from Birketts that are still in business today .

[@alanuk8677]

I signed up for that course with the British National Radio & Electronics School. Started to build the Scope but could not afford to carry on with the course. Broke my heart at the time!

[@gerryeneral4609]

I bought my first electronics book from Johnny Birkett, back in @1971. Wonderful chap, much missed.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I didnt know Johnny but its so good his daughter has continued to keep the family business going .

[@tenmillionvolts]

Happy birthday Michael! So many reasonably priced treasures in that shop. Wonderful!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks for that , going to have to go again in the near future.

[@mistermikeanson]

Belated Happy Birthday! What an amazing shop!!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Isn't it just , very common 40 odd years ago but now mostly long gone .

[@tonyweavers4292]

What a brilliant shop. I must have paused the video 50 times looking at the stock. Great video Michael.

[@Zardox-The-Heretic-Slayer]

lol, me too

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou for that , if I go again I will go a bit slower with the camera next time !

[@chrisj5421]

Happy Birthday Michael. Brilliant video as alway's and that shop wow paradise . Thank you 👍

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I know , going to have to go again sometime .

[@matambale]

Happy Birthday, young man. Loved that shop! Wish there were places like that still open here in Colorado. Long gone now.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

All died out here too in England , its amazing there still going strong .

[@xyredmax]

Happy Birthday MD - Like a kid in a sweetshop. I was also 60 this year, so I'm putting this place on my 'To Visit' list. Thanks for sharing

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Going to have to go again I think .

[@jonathanInLondonUK]

I can *smell* that shop from here 😀 Time was when London's Edgware Road was full of such shops. HL Smith, GW Smith and four branches of Henry's each with a different speciality. And then the shop (Samson's??) tucked away behind the tube station that shook every time a train rattled by underneath the shop.

[@GrahamDenison]

..and Plumbs who always had the potato-powered motors in the window.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Never went to London but I remember seeing all those names you mention in the back of electronics magazines .

[@GrahamDenison]

Someone's just mentioned the correct name, Proops. There was Macs too.

[@pi6706]

Absolutely fantastic to see an old shop like this still going strong after all these years and has not been changed to a bookies or charity shop!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I agree , its like stepping back in time to been a kid again .

[@iancooper2338]

Great video again MD! Happy Birthday! That shop reminded me of R.F.Potts in Derby and (the smaller) H.R Electronics in Loughborough, both frequented in my younger days - the latter to purchase my first (pocket money) analogue multi-meter. The memories your videos bring back are priceless :)

[@GreenJimll]

As well as H.R.Electronics, there were a couple of other places in Loughborough back when I was an undergrad in 1980s/90s. One was a larger shop on Nottingham Road (Taurus ISTR) that stocked loads of random surplus stuff and the other was a small shop on a road of terraced houses up by the train station that did TV repairs but also sold second hand tellies, radios and computers.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Glad you liked it , it was like stepping back in time for me , so many happy memories of been a kid.

[@alexb.1320]

Happy Birthday! What a great shop. I miss the old surplus shops, so much interesting stuff just packed everywhere and the hunt to see what you could find.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Years ago surplus stores were everywhere , I wouldn't think there's any others left now apart from birketts .

[@andygozzo72]

good to see theyre still going, i bought a fair bit of stuff from them via mail order in the 90s..

[@followthetrawler]

Fantastic! There used to be a similar shop in Bolton in the 70's - can't for the life of me remember it's name. They had floor to ceiling shelves stocked with every variety of valve amd component you can think of. Long since gone sadly, trampled by progress and Bolton University buildings. I actually remember that very Practical Wireless issue - I was 16 at the time, had no money but longed for a S-Dec. Eventually I got a job as an electronics aprentice at GEC in Trafford Park - so getting hold of components for hobby projects wasn't such a problem :) Thanks for sharing this Michael - I do hope Birketts can keep going. Happy Birthday!

[@andymartin86]

Modern Radio?

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks for that , I still have the S deck somewhere tucked away , I would imagine there wont be another shop like this that's still going .

[@mosfettg6857]

Happy Birthday michael, Best wishes🎂🍾

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks for that .

[@VIPINSAINI_20]

lovely and wonderful shop , it's like a dream land

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Just like been a kid again for me .

[@VIPINSAINI_20]

@@michaeldranfield7140 thanks for the video,

[@joshhoman]

I certainly hope that you had a good birthday, good sir, and hopefully many more! Looking forward to much more fine content!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I did thankyou , and yes there's more coming !

[@joshhoman]

@@michaeldranfield7140 Most welcome, sir!

[@craigcousins6718]

Happy birthday Michael love your no nonsense videos teaching me lots keep up the great work 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks for that .

[@richarddunkling2807]

Happy Birthday Michael and thanks for another interesting video.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

many thanks .

[@Rollin-Rant]

Like a kid in a sweet shop ha ha 😂 seriously I want to be buried there. There used to be a place just like that near to where I still live in the 70s and I used to take the day off work and spend the day there in the company van too! I think now that where the place used to be is a housing estate, such a shame. Thank you Michael for the video and a very Happy belated birthday to you 🥳🎂🍻👍

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Its amazing place to visit , just like stepping back into the past , like you say in the 70s shops like this were common place , not non existent .

[@oldblokeh]

Many happy returns, Michael. 👍

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou for that .

[@bengeorgeschannel6568]

Many happy returns of the day, Michael!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks .

[@markpirateuk]

Fantastic shop, we had a very similar shop in Worthing called GWM radio, sadly now long gone, I bought a ton of stuff in the closing down sale, spent many happy hours browsing through their stock.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Would have loved to go in the back and look through some of the brown cardboard boxes I could see on the shelves , I wouldn't mind betting you would come across some rare and un obtainable semiconductors, and all this stuff was real , no Chinese fake parts here .

[@incandescentconker6193]

I knew GWM as well and absolutely loved it. This shop could have been its twin.

[@johnrudd9550]

Wow what a shop, at 11-03, the grey scope on the top shelf, I had one as my first scope when I was about 13, sadly had a faulty tube. Happy birthday Michael and thnx forvthecvideo,.

[@jms019]

Have a great 🎂.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks, certainly a trip down memory lane .

[@michaeldranfield7140]

@@jms019 Thankyou .

[@mikecassap]

Many happy returns to you Michael 🎉 hope you have a lovely day and lots of cake regards Mike 👍🇦🇺

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou .

[@brucejoseph8367]

Happy birthday Michael, I always watch your very interesting videos. Electronics fascinates me, it's a hobby I wish I had gotten into. I've made a few cheap Chinese kits and am chuffed when they actually work though try as I might, I don't really understand how they work and at 69 it's a bit late for me.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Your never too old to learn something new, its just a shame most of the kits available these days are of Chinese origin .

[@borchrich]

Thank you for sharing that. That is just absolutely awesome and amazing to still be able to access, albeit on a 200 mile round-trip.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

it was a long way to go but well worth it .

[@roberthorwat6747]

Happy Birthday Michael! A Very enjoyable shop tour.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks .

[@manolisgledsodakis873]

There was a place in Middlesbrough; I think it was called Viners. And Proops Bros in Tottenham Court Road in London. (I think Proops still sells stuff but not the electronics that it used to.)

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I have a vague recollection of a business called Proops bros , probley from the small ads in an electronic magazine

[@marksntl7632]

Happy Birthday Michael! What a great day 😀👍

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Couldn't have wished for a better present .

[@SusanAmberBruce]

Happy Birthday, Michael, thanks for sharing.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks for that .

[@radio-ged4626]

You have just cost me £200. If you hadn't told me about Birkett's I wouldn't have gone and had a great day out.😊 Bought myself an R1115 receiver and couldn't be happier. What a great place, thanks for letting us all know about it.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Glad it worked out for you , I bet the R1115 was cheaper than you could buy one on e bay for .

[@radio-ged4626]

@@michaeldranfield7140 Absolutely. While ebay offers so many bargains, for every bargain there's ten rip offs. I don't think the R1155 would be anywhere near £200 in a "normal" shop or auction if it wasn't for ebay or maybe even KZbin raising awareness. But while they make things more expensive I do believe they keep our hobbies and livelihoods going. Popularity has a price.

[@farr64]

Happy Birthday ..Fantastic shop and a brilliant video as always ....

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks .

[@farr64]

Hope you had a great bithday i am not far behind you mines the 19th of this month.....

[@user-rf9me7xm1w]

Many happy returns Michael, I hope you had a great birthday. Many thanks for showing us around that amazing shop, there were many of pieces of measuring and test equipment I used to use when working at an eminent electronics manufacturing company located in Mansfield. Nice to know we can still purchase components since the demise of Maplins (no, not the holiday camp). Thanks again, best wishes.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

well worth a visit, especially if your looking for that long lost thing you never thought you would see again.

[@wisher21uk]

Happy Birthday Micheal all the best 🎉🎉😊

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks for that .

[@wisher21uk]

@@michaeldranfield7140 you’re welcome Michael 😀

[@turboslag]

Happy birthday Michael!!! What a treat from your friend! Reminds me of the days when I began my working life in electronics, I was regularly down in London on training courses. So when the course was finished I went straight to Edgeware rd and tottenham court road to indulge in hours of browsing in the hundreds of surplus electronics shops. It was bliss! Unfortunately my funds were very restricted so I could never buy everything I wanted. Later we moved to Yorkshire, not far from Leeds, and there was a brilliant shop there called M&B radio. Their stock was incredible, everything from Nagra portable tape recorders in mint condition, to huge component assortment bags for a £1!! Again, I never had the funds to properly indulge myself but what a place. They closed down around 20 years ago I think. I wonder if Birketts has any battery charger transformers? I want to build an automatic battery charger project in a 70s PE mag, but the tx it requires are no longer available. I'll have to get over there sometime, with plenty of time to spend!!

[@GrahamDenison]

In the dark arches, miss that place.

[@andrewbeynon739]

Spent many hours in M&B during my teenage years.

[@turboslag]

@@andrewbeynon739 Same here, it was a Mecca for the electrobbyist!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I didn't see too many transformers on display but that's not to say they wont have one tucked away in the back rooms, however if you cant find one I know a place that will make you any one you want, I have just had one made for a forth coming youtube project, quite reasonable but the delivery charge is well over the top for a small item .

[@steveurquhart5895]

Thank you so much for this video. I discovered this shop by accident one day on holiday and could not believe that such a wonderful place could exist. It was an old chap running the place at the time and I spent some time in the shop. I'm so glad that it is still on the go, there are not enough shops like this around. pure gold. Thanks😃👍PS Happy Birthday🎂

[@michaeldranfield7140]

apparently the founder passed a way a while back but thankfully his daughter is keeping the familly business going

[@benkeeling1935]

Happy birthday nice find. If you ever get chance Michael could you post a video explaining the idea setup for a beginner who looking to do some basic repairs?

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Everything I have learnt has come from magazines , I was buying practical wireless from the age of ten , a good starting point to learn from is have a look on e bay for some Everyday electronics magazines , between 1970 and 1980 are the golden years .

[@NThomas-xj7bj]

Thanks for a marvelous video Michael. Hope you were able to enjoy your birthday celebrations.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Had an amazing time, just like stepping back into the past.

[@gavinstapleton7294]

Happy birthday Michael keep up the good work 👍🙏

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks, more stuff coming soon !

[@robtitheridge9708]

First happy birthday Michael . cant believe the shop is still there the last time i went there the old man still ran it.his knolage of the stock was amazing .i am now too old to make the trip but it truely was an alladins cave.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

His daughter had a lot of electronics knowledge too , there wasn't a question she couldn't answer and she knew where everything was I asked for , amazing .

[@Falco45able]

Happy birthday fella, thanks for taking the time, stay lucky, stay safe! 😉

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks .

[@minilab9030]

I really want to go to this shop. They have price labels on everything. 90 miles or so from my house. Good reason to visit Lincoln.

[@peterensinger1770]

Watching this video brought back memories from my youth, I am going to have to visit that shop. When i was a teenager (a good few years ago), there used to be a shop similar to that in my hometown Maidstone it was called Mid Kent Surplus in which i would spend alot of time and money in there. during the weekends and school holidays buying all sorts of components and stuff the shop used to sell surplus GPO telephones and exchange parts i set up an intercom phone system at my parents house with parts and equipment bought from MKS . i built many amplifiers and radios, and MKS was my go-to place for electronic components. Happy birthday, Micheal Peter M7DTK

[@michaeldranfield7140]

well worth a visit , you need to spend a few hours though, every time you go round again you see something you didn't see the first time , its an amazing place .

[@gpo746]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL 🥳🎂🍻

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks .

[@walker55able]

WOW Fantastic!! Thanks Michael a bit far fpr me in Cumbria but great to know

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Shame , you would love this place .

[@ronroberts34]

Happy birthday Michael 🎉

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou .

[@georgeprout42]

We used to have "the shop on the bridge" that was an Aladdin's cave like this. And des (domestic electrical supplies) that would probably have the element/inner oven glass door you needed in stock. Both sadly are very much no more. With the rise of repair cafes in the area, it's only the older folk that really recognise what we lost. Sadly it's when I remind them that they've shut down for good.

[@jonathanInLondonUK]

That would be Reading. And Lovering's next to Shop On The Bridge for buying new components rather than surplus. DES sourced a replacement cartridge for a 1950s "radiogram" for me, back in the early 1980s.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Its very sad that shops like these have long gone and they wont be coming back now.

[@jonathanInLondonUK]

@@michaeldranfield7140 I recently needed a couple of caps for a failed smart switch. No local component stores, not even Maplin or (wince) Tandy. Not buying no-name caps from EBay, so it's CPC with a minimum order or hefty postage costs.

[@radio-ged4626]

Speaking of Manchester, do you remember the old valve shop on London Rd near the Mancunian Way called Mazel Radio? J Birkett's looks like a very interesting shop. I have a few missing and damaged parts on some old radios I'm repairing - think I might take a trip there. Happy Birthday Michael I hope you have a good time.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I do remember Mazel radio, very well actually , turn left out of the station and it was down the road, I only ever went in once with a friend and the minute we stepped inside the guy said were closing and ushered us out immediately, I have no idea why as the pair of us were only young boys, needles to say we never went there again and spent out money at New cross radio at the end of the Oldham road.

[@MERSEYSHIPS]

Happy Birthday Michael. I saw J Birkitt a year before he passed, and he had his white work overcoat on as they would have had on in the 50's and 60's. wonderful I think its still open at the Strait in Lincoln

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Its so good his daughter has continued to keep the family business going .

[@renegeijtenbeek7457]

Happy birthday my friend.🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 What a briljant video. Unbelievable that these shop exist. It absolute worthy to take a look with my own eyes. Enjoy your small holiday, stay healthy and looking forward to see new videos.🙏 Warm regards Rene 🎉( tv doctor Amsterdam)

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Hard to believe , I don't think there will be another shop like this still in existence in the UK .

[@Lyndalewinder]

I remember their advert in PW all those years ago. We had a similar shop in Sheffield in the 70s and 80s but I can't remember the name of it now. Thanks for posting Michael.

[@andrewjellings1327]

A H Supplys ?

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I think it may have been Bardwells or AH supplies ?

[@Lyndalewinder]

@@michaeldranfield7140 I think it may have been Bardwells now you mention it because I'm sure it was on Abbeydale Road - sad how these shops have mosly disappeared and now we have to buy from the net. I was a student at the Poly between 1974 and 78.

[@peterferguson2344]

Happy birthday Michael 👏 and what a fun way to spend an hour and possibly find ancient electronic relic or 2

[@michaeldranfield7140]

spent more like 2 hours ! and every time went round again saw different things that I didn't see the first time , amazing.

[@johnbrown1659]

Happy birthday! Love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks , more coming soon !

[@paulsanderson8804]

It is nice to be like a kid again in a great sweat shop. Nice video micheal. Have a great. Few days

[@michaeldranfield7140]

It was , an amazing trip back into childhood .

[@ianliston-smith7921]

Thanks. I should make the effort and visit. Glad to see it's still open.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

well worth the trip, spent a good 2 hours looking round .

[@kjellnilsson1615]

Happy Birthday Michael 🎉 whath a fantastic shop ,,it's like cristmas Ewe for us old nurdy electronic gay's !!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I know , spent a good 2 hours just looking round .

[@drcrusherdata]

Going off to Blackpool next year for my 51st birthday hope there is a vintage shop there.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I remember seeing a shop like this in Blackpool in the back streets but as its well over 40 years ago I doubt it will still be there .

[@donnydave3327]

I once lived in Lincoln. As schoolboys in the early 1960's we would go to Birketts most days after school. John originally had a shop further up The Strait selling ex rental/spares/repair TV sets. He later moved to his now shop and began selling ex military surplus stuff. Nice to see the shop is still open.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Ah right , so he had a background in Television , I did see a few odd boards from ITT television sets in the shop .

[@stephnieukjones7052]

nice shop look around . noticed the vintage AVO in the shop ive still got mine here . happy birthday all the best

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou for that, it was like stepping back in time for me , amazing place .

[@hymermobiler]

Happy Birthday Michael A trip to Aladins cave must have been right up your street!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

it was , spent a good 2 hours looking round .

[@HughTVDX]

Happy Birthday, I used to buy stuff from Birkett's, though never went there, I remember he used to include photocopied lists with the order or you could send a stamped addressed envelope(remember them!) for them. You'd have liked going round Sendz Components at Westcliff near Southend, piles and piles of gear, run by David Whitworth who worked nearby previously at EKCO till it closed.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Would have loved Sendz, I bought so much stuff there from there adverts in the back of Television magazine, and I still have loads of it in stock !!

[@f.k.burnham8491]

Happy Birthday. I sure wished there was a place like that here in my area of the U.S. Things really sucked after Boeing closed down their surplus store in Auburn WA.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I wouldn't think there's another shop like this in the UK , its pretty amazing its still going after all this time .

[@ainteasybeingwheezy]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Michael similar aircraft gauges were treble the price at the summer fair of aviation at man airport a couple of weeks ago !!! somebody is making a packet on them

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I have seen them on e bay for a lot more money than Birketts were asking .

[@Telewaifus]

Happy Birthday Michael!!!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks .

[@migsvensurfing6310]

Happy birthday. With a shop like that in my town or even my country my salary would be spend each month 😄 I remember back in 1986 I was in London and I found a few shops in Tottenham court road right in the center of the town.... I guess it is impossible for them to pay the rent today and they are gone a long time ago. We never had shops like that in my country.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

That's the problem these days, rates and rent kill most small business and its the reason we have so many charity shops rather than the proper shops of years gone by .

[@nickbeer2658]

Love it!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Me too, spent a good 2 hours looking round .

[@BrainHurricanes]

Happy birthday !!!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou .

[@repairitdontreplaceit]

i can smell that shop from london :) happy birthday sir

[@michaeldranfield7140]

It did have that unique smell you get from old electronic equipment, amazing .

[@ashleycox432]

Happy 60th! Very interesting place.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou for that .

[@PertinaxPertinax]

Michael - what a find! I wonder if there are any of these shops still around closer to home - I am in Southampton so quite a hike up to Lincoln - do you know of any? I can remember the 1970's wireless world and everyday electronics mags full of adverts for ex gov surplus but now all long gone. regards Nick

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I would think this shop is unique and I very much doubt you will find another still in existence .

[@petervideos8699]

Happy birthday 🎂🍰

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou .

[@triodehexode]

Was there in 1987 glad its still there

[@michaeldranfield7140]

apparently the founder ran the shop for 60 odd years and now his daughter runs it .

[@The_Studioworkshop]

Happy birthday matey!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou .

[@AxelWerner]

it's so sad to see this :( times change and good things turn into shit so fast. i wished there would be more stores like that , still. but i guess these times are gone. all is going to be "software defined" . *sight* anyways... happy birthday dear OM ! keep going

[@michaeldranfield7140]

trouble with software driven electronics is when the manufactures stop supporting it the equipment is scrap , life was so much easier when stuff was analogue.

[@adamdavies163]

Happy 60th 🍻

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou .

[@TurboTel68]

Happy Birthday! Sadly it seems places like this are a dying breed. My local guy has been gone prob 25 years now and we’ve struggled to get bits and pieces. It comes down to each individual repairer having to amass a large stock of bits & to buy quantities of stuff whenever an opportunity arises

[@michaeldranfield7140]

its like time stood still here and well worth a visit .

[@BeatboxNorwich]

Hey Micheal I recently had a sweep of an old shop and got hold of a box full of valves including some nixy ones. If you're interested let me know and I'll send you some photos of them. The shop is still there and there are loads of things like what you bought. The chap died and the house got sold with the shop still rammed with parts.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Sounds very interesting .

[@ralphj4012]

Crumbs, let's hope they survive. I was going to suggest a website for ordering etc but it would probably take forever to catalogue everything and manage it. Happy Birthday.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I did ask the lady if she would be there forever and she replied yes ! I would think she keeps the family business going for the memories it holds .

[@crumplezone1]

Belated Happy birthday Michael, I would great if you did a video on how you got into and learned electronics from an early age, did you go to college E.C.T

[@charliea697]

Reminds me of rf pots in derby. Not seen a shop like it in 40 years.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I wouldn't think there will be another shop still in existence like this now .

[@AndyDoz]

Happy birthday!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks for that .

[@colinpamplin9976]

Happy Birthday

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou .

[@richardh100]

A amazing shop

[@michaeldranfield7140]

certainly is .

[@tubeDude48]

Here in the States we didn't get Practical Wireless, but we did get Radio Electronics.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

We had quite a few publications here in the UK , most have disappeared now and Practical wireless has gone to the dogs , I stopped buying it about 10 years ago now .

[@tubeDude48]

@@michaeldranfield7140 - Although I'm in CA. USA - I get a magazine from the UK called: Practical Electronics, (formerly EPE) Have all .PDF issues back to 1999 I also get Nuts&Volts here in the US. Have all issues back to 1984. One I get is MagPi from Raspberry Pi. Have ALL issue back to issue #1. All of these are available online for FREE.

[@industrialmonk]

I new when you sed Manchester it would be new cross i used to go there at the end of Oldham road. I didn't think there was any shops like that left.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I have so many memories of going to New cross radio as a kid , and believe it or not I still have stuff in my collection today that I bought from them in the 70s , there was another shop I use to visit on the same day as new cross, it was on Tibb street , directly opposite a pet shop and they use to sell Norman Rose instrument cases, and of course I still have some of these too ! Back in the 90s I was a Sharp dealer and in the dinner hour while I was on a training course at Newton Heath I took a long walk down the road to look out new cross radio again , however when I got there there was just an empty space where the row of shops use to be so they must have been demolished at some point.

[@MichaelBeeny]

Nothing like this here in New Zealand.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I wouldn't think there will be many places like this any ware now .

[@Zardox-The-Heretic-Slayer]

I would spend my lifes savings in that shop

[@michaeldranfield7140]

you would come out with a lot for your money, prices seem to be from the past as well .

[@Zardox-The-Heretic-Slayer]

@@michaeldranfield7140 I have a feeling that my house would collapse under the weight of the amount of stuff that I would end up buying, those aviation meters/controls for example - they would be coming home with me!

[@Linkvagen]

Quite a rare goldmine...

[@michaeldranfield7140]

it certainly is in 2024.

[@markcropper7182]

happy birthday

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks .

[@JonTheComputerDoctor]

I did the course but no longer have the scope.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Got two of these now !

[@tubeDude48]

Enjoyed the tour, but slow down the camera motion!

[@michaeldranfield7140]

I realised that now , if we go again I will do it slower next time .

[@heifferman9021]

It's almost an RF Potts in Derby

[@michaeldranfield7140]

this is not a shop I am familiar with but a few other people have mentioned the name RF Potts.

[@richardh100]

Forget to say happy birthday🎉

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Many thanks for that .

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

Do you want a big Samsung PS-42E7HD plasma set (free). If so, I'll bring it you on Wednesday (28th August). Richard

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Hi Richard, apology's for the late reply, many thanks for the Samsung , I hope you enjoyed your tour round .

[@markpitts5194]

What ever we do, do not let this stuff go to a museum ! I know it sounds harsh, but once donated many museums are unable to do anything other than display. They may have 10,000 rectifiers, but be unable to sell anything. Better they stay in private hands and be passed around and used.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

couldn't agree more , its good the shop has been handed down and not just all skipped .

[@coffdrops69]

What a shop, I could spend all day in there although I don’t think my wife would be happy.

[@michaeldranfield7140]

we spent a good 2 hours looking round but you could easily spend more .

[@ukfmcbradioservicingTango21]

Only 26 miles from me! Richard, G0OJF

[@michaeldranfield7140]

is this a place you have been to before ?

[@richardwoodwards1202]

Happy birthday

[@michaeldranfield7140]

Thankyou .