THE GREAT MULLARD MAGIC BLOG

ERIC'S EKCO AND OTHER ECHOES SUCH AS ECCO AND ECKO!  PART 1 - THE EARLY DAYS

ERIC'S EKCO AND OTHER ECHOES SUCH AS ECCO AND E...

 EKCO was founded by  Eric Kirkham Cole in 1922 and with his wife, Muriel Cole nee Bradshaw started out making radio sets in 1924. William Streatfield Verrells, a schoolmaster and freelance...

ERIC'S EKCO AND OTHER ECHOES SUCH AS ECCO AND E...

 EKCO was founded by  Eric Kirkham Cole in 1922 and with his wife, Muriel Cole nee Bradshaw started out making radio sets in 1924. William Streatfield Verrells, a schoolmaster and freelance...

BAKELITE DYSLEXIA RULES KO!

BAKELITE DYSLEXIA RULES KO!

I used to marvel at the postings on a vintage radio forum where the inmates would comment with a frenzied, self satisfied, superior scoffing towards anyone who incorrectly spelled  the trade name Bakelite.    If...

BAKELITE DYSLEXIA RULES KO!

I used to marvel at the postings on a vintage radio forum where the inmates would comment with a frenzied, self satisfied, superior scoffing towards anyone who incorrectly spelled  the trade name Bakelite.    If...

VALVE MANUFACTURERS WERE ALL HEART

VALVE MANUFACTURERS WERE ALL HEART

Perusing the panoply of valve advertisements from the halcyon days of yore, I was struck to use the above by-line.  Let me explain further...... First of all there was BTH in...

VALVE MANUFACTURERS WERE ALL HEART

Perusing the panoply of valve advertisements from the halcyon days of yore, I was struck to use the above by-line.  Let me explain further...... First of all there was BTH in...

HOW CAN A RADIO COLLECTOR KEEP A WOMAN SATISFIED?

HOW CAN A RADIO COLLECTOR KEEP A WOMAN SATISFIED?

For many years I have wondered how to keep the three women in my life satisfied - first there is Mrs Mullard Magic, doyenne of the candlewick housecoat and curlers,...

HOW CAN A RADIO COLLECTOR KEEP A WOMAN SATISFIED?

For many years I have wondered how to keep the three women in my life satisfied - first there is Mrs Mullard Magic, doyenne of the candlewick housecoat and curlers,...

NATIONAL PRIDE AND FLAGS - ENOUGH TO MAKE A SNOWFLAKE MELT!

NATIONAL PRIDE AND FLAGS - ENOUGH TO MAKE A SNO...

I just love this patriotic advert for valves by Met-Vick from 1928.  Proud to be British and proudly made in Britain.   "Them were t'days!" Fast forward 94 years to 2022...

NATIONAL PRIDE AND FLAGS - ENOUGH TO MAKE A SNO...

I just love this patriotic advert for valves by Met-Vick from 1928.  Proud to be British and proudly made in Britain.   "Them were t'days!" Fast forward 94 years to 2022...

GET YOUR TV ANTENNA FROM TESCO

GET YOUR TV ANTENNA FROM TESCO

Don't you just love this American advert from 1951, even then just like now you could buy a TV antenna from Tesco!! The British store Tesco however, was founded by...

GET YOUR TV ANTENNA FROM TESCO

Don't you just love this American advert from 1951, even then just like now you could buy a TV antenna from Tesco!! The British store Tesco however, was founded by...