THE GREAT MULLARD MAGIC BLOG — earls court radio show

How times change, these days, event stands are put up by gum chewing muscle bound chaps wearing Dickies work pants and steel toe capped boots, however, in 1953 as you see here, the Mullard stand at that years radio show was erected in all it's glitzy splendour by chaps in suits and ties - stirring stuff!     In 1953, Mullard had two locations at this venue.  First there was Stand 91 which boasted information centres for listeners and viewers as well as a comfortable lounge where commercial and technical problems affecting valves and cathode ray tubes could have been...

The national radio show was a big thing for Mullard and indeed any other post war radio manufacturer as they all pulled out the stops to present their wares to a burgeoning post war consumer boom. The Mullard stand was large and extensive as this photo shows where chassis work from many manufacturers that utilised Mullard components were suspended on show - very outre!   The media in the form of Auntie Beeb was in attendance and here we see a BBC TV cameraman using real film ( and later presumably tele-cine) to record the new range of Mullard valves...