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Having overdosed on mince pies and sweet sherry, I am felling mellifluous and full of good will and would just like to again wish our customers a very merry Christmas from Mullard Magic  

SEASONAL JOLLIFICATIONS TO ALL OUR LOVELY CUSTOMERS FROM MULLARD MAGIC, CHRISTMAS 2024!

I love a sexist ( YOU BEAST) advert don't you.  Just look at this corker from 1975 And here you see four bunnies extolling the virtues of AKG microphones for all to see.   And what's more, this wasn't the first time bunnies were in front of the microphone either as the following photo  from three years earlier shows:- So who or what were the "Bunnies" or "Bunny Girls" then?  WELL, I'll tell you........ The Playboy Bunnies are waitresses who serve drinks at Playboy Clubs. There are different types of Bunnies, including the Door Bunny, Cigarette Bunny, Floor Bunny, Pool Bunny, Fine...

Love it or loathe it, Halloween is upon us once again.  Why are supermarket shelves groaning under the mass of pumpkins ? Well, we all blame the Americans but that is only partly true as in times of yore it was an Irish custom on All Hallows Eve to carve a turnip into Jack-o'-lantern because a potato was too small and squidgy.  This was done, all because of a fokelore tale that went something like this:-  Stingy Jack,a lazy but wily blacksmith tricked Satan into climbing an apple tree, then trapped him by carving crosses around the trunk which Satan...

Look at this advert from 1910.  Isn't it a great idea, using a tap fed turbine to power a grinding wheel.  Alas, we are on a water meter so the knives remain blunt at Mullard Magic Grange.