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TRAFFIC COP NEEDS MORE PYE IN 1958

TRAFFIC COP NEEDS MORE PYE IN 1958

I love this 1958 Pye advert.  Just look at the miserable traffic cop - or is it an Afrika Korps tank commander, it's hard to tell.  He could have a...

TRAFFIC COP NEEDS MORE PYE IN 1958

I love this 1958 Pye advert.  Just look at the miserable traffic cop - or is it an Afrika Korps tank commander, it's hard to tell.  He could have a...

HEDGEHOG BOY AT JODRELL BANK BUYS FROM MULLARD MAGIC

HEDGEHOG BOY AT JODRELL BANK BUYS FROM MULLARD ...

I just love this pulp science fiction book cover, on so many levels.  First of all there's the delightful hedgehog boy sporting headphones - some of you may argue serval...

HEDGEHOG BOY AT JODRELL BANK BUYS FROM MULLARD ...

I just love this pulp science fiction book cover, on so many levels.  First of all there's the delightful hedgehog boy sporting headphones - some of you may argue serval...

ERIC'S EKCO AND OTHER ECHOES SUCH AS ECCO AND ECKO!  PART 4  - FINALLY WE GET TO THE ECHOES!

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

So, I hear you say, we've seen the Ekco story right through to the near present day but what else is there to talk about.... well, I will tell you........

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

So, I hear you say, we've seen the Ekco story right through to the near present day but what else is there to talk about.... well, I will tell you........

ERIC'S EKCO AND OTHER ECHOES SUCH AS ECCO AND ECKO!  PART 3 - A NEW MILLENNIA!

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

By 1989, Access the Flexible Friend had also disappeared and THIS is what happened next:- Whatever would become of postcodes SS2 6PR, the site of the Ekco factory? well, in...

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

By 1989, Access the Flexible Friend had also disappeared and THIS is what happened next:- Whatever would become of postcodes SS2 6PR, the site of the Ekco factory? well, in...

ERIC'S EKCO AND OTHER ECHOES SUCH AS ECCO AND ECKO!  PART 2 - THE WAR YEARS TO THE SWINGING 60'S

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

 Wartime brought its own challenges as Ekco struggled with essential and secret war work leading to shadow factories being established in Malmesbury, Aylesbury, Preston, Woking and Rutherglen. The Southend-on-Sea factory continued...

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

 Wartime brought its own challenges as Ekco struggled with essential and secret war work leading to shadow factories being established in Malmesbury, Aylesbury, Preston, Woking and Rutherglen. The Southend-on-Sea factory continued...

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...