
I'm told the set was at the top floor of the shop premises and had to come down several flights of stairs. The courier told me that the place was in a terrible state, so neglected that small trees were sprouting inside. The property developer has got a big job on his hands. Thank goodness he made time to try finding a home for the television rather than taking the easy way out and chucking it in a skip full of rubble.
Considering where it's come from, the Bush is in fine fettle underneath some dust and a few paint splashes. It will clean up like new. I can see no obvious signs of previous repair. The serial number is 02529- interesting to know if it's earlier or later than Chris's example. To give an idea of size, I plonked a single standard b&w set of similar vintage on top! Due to the Bush being solid state, the consumption is 165 watts - about the same as the b&w hybrid set.
Apart from being the year I was born, 1970 has some fascination for me being at once both the dawn of a new decade yet still full of 60s influences. Coinage had yet to go decimal and the 60s 'look' was still in. I love the music and the tv series of the time. It was the era when Lulu, Cilla, et al had their own BBC variety shows (remember those?) on Saturday evenings, invariably with The Young Generation dancers in tow, whilst ATV had This is... Tom Jones. ITV Comedy included Please Sir! and On The Buses, whilst the BBC were enjoying a golden era with Steptoe and Dad's Army in colour, along with Monty Python's Flying Circus. Meanwhile psychedelic US import Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In socked it to us on BBC2. Children enjoyed Basil Brush, Blue Peter, Crackerjack (Crackerjack!) and does anyone recall Ed & Zed (Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart and Zed the robot, who had a tv screen on his stomach!).
Anyway, all that fun is to come. For now here are the initial 'as found' photos of the Bush. Enjoy!
Steve
