THE GREAT MULLARD MAGIC BLOG — television

I just love this period photo from 1959 which shows a Norwegian family taking their television on a summer picnic.  Dad looks a bit worried maybe because they need to get a wiggle on to get the TV set up in time such that Mrs Hansen doesn't miss Kroning Gate! For extra points can any of my regular readers identify the make and model of the TV please? The car of course is the PV544 Duett, an early SUV that was built from 1951 - 1969.    As you can see, the Duett is both a handsome vehicle and can handle...

My 7 year old niece Ellie was bemoaning the fact that the family telly only had one remote control and isn’t it a pity that she couldn’t switch channels using her ‘tablet’ !@£$.     There then followed a “kids of today speech” where both nephew & niece were astounded that tellies were black and white, had an 18-inch screen only three channels and no such thing as a remote control back when I was their age.  This little dialogue got me thinking and so led to this blog entry on the subject of remote control in general as well as remote...