End of an era

Llew

cerca trova...
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My Satellite Setup
Triple Dragon, Dreambox 8000, Echostar AD3000ip, TBS6522,6925,6983 PCie cards.
Gibertini 1.25m motorised dish driven by the AD3000, with either Inverto BU Quad or Norsat / XMW Ka LNBs . SMW 1.05m + 3 other dishes. Speccy: Promax HD Ranger+
My Location
The Flatlands of East Anglia
H.Gee was an excellent little components shop that had been trading for many years a couple of streets from where I live. Harold Gee started there just after the War, and it had been a magnet since then to students and locals for anything and everything electrical.

It was a tiny shop, but stuffed full of boxes of gear, some of which seemed to have been there for decades. It's where I first bought my diodes etc. to make a crystal set back in the 50's.

Sadly Harry Gee died some years back, but happily his extremely helpful and knowledgeable wife and sons still kept the shop going. Until yesterday...


Before the fire -

H Gee.webp

Inside H Gee's.webp
 
Seems to be like my old haunt "Birketts" on Steep Hill in Lincoln.
 
We had Watts Radio in nearby Kingston, which went to the wall some 15 years ago.

Watts.webp
 
There were a couple in Birkenhead of that ilk. Bert Ault and Brownings. Both long since gone, alas.
 
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