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John Street Manufacturers, Ltd., 117 Manor Lane, Lee, London, S.E.12


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YEAR MODEL STYLE CRT VALVES RF NOTES PRICE
Apr/May52   T 12" 13 5ch (via plug-in coils)
S/Het
AC/DC
£60-18-0 £42-0-5
£18-17-7
1952   C 12"   S/Het AC/DC
£70-7-0 £x-x-x
£x-x-x

The only other reference I have found to this manufacturer is the interesting story related in the book "The Setmakers", an extract of which is given below :-

"John Street (s) ... break came when he undertook to sell off a job lot of 200 televisions on a commision of £1 per set, and succeeded in getting Currys to take them all. The £200 enabled him to go 50 / 50 with a partner and set up a home-based business assembling radiogrammes with bought-in chassis. The coal-cellar was the office and there was no stockroom, so Street would sell them in ones and twos, to independent dealers, or to Co-ops."

"By the mid-1950's he was producing 500-600 radiogrammes a week ... He mainly supplied multiple stores, who sold the sets either under his 'Falcon' marque, or under their own brand names."


References: 1/ 'The Setmakers' by Keith Geddes and Gordon Bussey (ISBN 0 9517042 0 6).

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