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Vintage Radio, Television and Tape Recorders (note: not all these are shops, some are private homes, so it's best to ring first especially where no opening hours are given)

  • ALL OUR YESTERDAYS, 3 Cattle Market, Sandwich, CT13 9EA (01304-614756). Radios and electrical antiques.
  • AN & VERKAUF ANTIKER TECHNIK, Ludwid-Wiegand-Strasse 27, 99518 Bad Salzuflen, Germany (00 49 36461-21214). Domestic and military radio and telephone equipment, gramophones, records, valves and old literature. Monday, Wednesday and Fridays 10.00-13.00 and 14.00-18.00.
  • ANTIK ART, Marché Vernaison, Allée no. 2, Stand 157, 94300 St-Ouen, Paris (00 33 1-4945 5688). This stall is in the famous Vernaison flea market, close to the Porte de Clignancourt station on the Paris Metro. The market is lively on Saturdays and Sundays, pretty dead on other days; it is also the only flea market in Paris worth trawling for this kind of merchandise. You will also find other stalls with similar sorts of plunder.
  • ANTIKVA RADIO PRAHA, U. Paliarky/Graficka 39, 150 00 Praha 5-Smichov, Czech Republic (00 42 2-643 7444, -537221, -43672).
  • Roland ASENSI, 4 rue Laënec, 35400 St Malo, France (00 33 2-9956 2844). Domestic and military radio sets.
  • AVANTIQUE, 7 The Crofters, Sale, M33 2LE (0161-973 8857). Phonographs, radios, books and magazines.
  • BYGONE RADIO SHOP, 296 Cheriton Road, Folkestone, CT19 4DP (01303-277716). Old radios sold and repaired, valve testing service. Open mornings only Monday-Saturday but not Wednesdays.
  • COLLECT RADIO (UK) Ltd., Buyers and sellers of all vintage/collectable Hi-Fi and audio equipment. Leading suppliers of vintage SME Tonearms and all component parts. Tel: 01803-856950. Email collectradio@aol.com Ebay i.d. collectradio
  • CORKE AERO, Boston, Lincs. (tel/fax 01205-750101, mobile 0831 553271) Multipole connectors, aircraft radio equipment.
  • DECODENCE, 13 The Mall, Camden Passage, Islington, London, N1 (020-7354 4473 or 020-8458 4665 24 hours). American vintage radios bought, sold and exchanged. Open Wed, Fri, Sat 10.00-17.00 or by appointment.
  • DOCKS DE LA RADIO, 34 Rue Jules Vallés, F-93400 Saint-Ouen, France (00 33 1-4011 0990, fax 00 33 1-4011 3365). Closed Wednesdays and Thursday but open rest of week, including Sunday. Close to the main Paris flea market.
  • Reg DYKES (020-8363 7494). Early radios sold.
  • FAIR RADIO SALES CO., Box 1105, 1016 E. Eureka Street, Lima, OH 45802, USA. Commercial and military radio, also surplus equipment, handbooks, magazines.
  • Andy FOWLER, 36 Castle View Road, Portchester, Fareham, PO16 9LA (01705-642393). Vintage radio sets bought, sold, restored and repaired.
  • FRANK'S ANTIQUES, 10 Town Hall Place, Bovey Tracey, Devon (01626-833325 anytime). Gramophones and vintage radios.
  • GALERIE ALTE TECHNIK, Moltkestrasse 48, D-12202, Berlin (00 49 172-924 4013; fax 00 49 5421-1272). Telephones and telegraph items, also German radios.
  • GRAHAM GREEN (020-8423 2658). Vintage radios, gramophones and record players.
  • GREENING'S VINTAGE GRAMOPHONES, (N.C. Philips), Oxford Antiques Centre (The Old Marmalade Factory), 27 Park End Street, Oxford (opposite railway stations. open Monday-Saturday). Home tel. 01993-881740. Old radios bought, sold and repaired.
  • HEAD TECHNOLOGY, 11 Britannia Way, Stanwell, Staines, Middx. (01784-256046). New and remanufactured tape heads.
  • G. HOPKINS, 27 The Templars, Worthing, BN14 9JT. Modulator for AM radio receivers.
  • L-W BOOK SALES, Box 69, Gas City, IN 46933 (00 1 800-777 6450). Publishes the book 'Classic TVs, Pre-war Through 1950s'. Colour picture book/price guide of old sets for collectors.
  • MAC's RADIOS, 19 Stanley Road, Hornchurch, RM12 4JS. Large stock, mainly pre-war. Sets, valves and components.
  • MAD (MILITARY & DOMESTIC), 12 Long Street, Great Gonerby, Grantham, NG31 8LN (01476-74047, 0831-790639). Domestic and military radios bought and sold.
  • MAITLAND RADIO, 4 West Maitland, Edinburgh, EH12 5OS (0131-221 0404). They sell radios, TVs, and specialise in mostly 1945-1960 table-top AM radios.
  • MARTIN BROWN ANTIQUES, Birmingham (0121-585 5758). 1950s-style cabinets (similar to Bush TV22) in modern materials for housing security monitors, TV sets, fish tanks, etc..
  • METHODICAL ENGINEERS LTD, Manor Trading Estate, 4/6 Armstrong Road, Benfleet, SS7 4PW (01268-792681, fax 01268-795375). Large stocks of military surplus connectors and other vital oddments.
  • NOSTALGIC VINTAGE RADIO, UK-based dealer specialising in American vintage radios. Web site: www.nostalgicvintageradio.com
  • NOSTALGIE RADIO, Rue Grande, 04230 St Etienne Les Orgues, France (00 33 4-92 73 17 25, fax 00 33 4-92 73 17 26). Sales and repairs of old radios and TVs.
  • OLD TIME SUPPLIES, PO Box 209, Banbury, OX16 1GR. Old radios, books and components. E-mail: sales@oldtimesupplies.co.uk Website: http://www.oldtimesupplies.co.uk
  • ON THE AIR, The Highway, Hawarden, CH5 3DN (tel/fax 01244-530300). Deeside's unique vintage technology shop and repair workshop (formerly in Chester). Open Monday to Saturday 10.00 - 17.30. http://www.vintageradio.co.uk/
  • PALEOPHONIES (David Winter), 16 rue de Vaugirard, 75006, Paris, France. Tel & Fax: +33 1 46 33 20 17. Web site: www.paleophonies.com   Email: email@paleophonies.com   Interesting shop - open Tuesday to Saturday from 1pm to 7.30pm. Equipment is bought, repaired and sold. Mainly valve & transistor radios, valve television sets, cylinder and disc gramophones, record players (old and new), magnetic recorders: wire, tape and disc. Spare parts also bought and sold; e.g. valves, styli and cartridges for record players and gramophones; also other radio/tv parts (please enquire). Modern turntables, Shure and Denon cartridges and diamond styli also available. Official Thorens reseller.
  • Harry POSTER, Box 1883, South Hackensack, NJ 07606, USA (00 1 201-410 7525, fax 00 1 201-794 9553; www.harryposter.com. Vintage television buy/sell/repair/parts/new chasses in old cabinets.
  • RADIO COLLECTABLES (Derek & Marilyn Beaver), Preston Fram, Preston Road, Prestonpans, EH32 9LB (tel/fax 01875-811130). Classic radios, loudspeakers and testgear.
  • RADIO DAYS, 87 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7AB (020-7928 0800). Open 10.30-17.00 MF, 11.00-16.00 Saturday. Collectibles and memorabilia from 1920s-1960s.
  • RADIO TIMES (Martin Pratt), Home Farm, Staunton Harrold, Ashby de la Zouch, LE6 5RU (01332-864586). Vintage radios and collectibles.
  • RADIO TSF ALAIN PELLAT, France (+33 4-7644 3506, mobile +33 6-0729 2661. Workshop and mail address: 15 rue lavoisier, F-38100 Grenoble; shop: Galerie Sainte Ange, Le Petit Rocherfort, F-38760 Varces. Sales, commission sale, repairs, spare parts.
  • RADIOCRAFT, 56 Main Street, Sedgeberrow, Evesham, WR11 7UF (tel/fax 01386-882280). Web site features a range of radios from various sources and a 'wanted' section. Visitors by appointment. Web site http://www.radiocraft.co.uk/ Email steve@radiocraft.co.uk
  • F.G. RICHARD, Marché Vernaison, Allée no. 3, Stand 107 bis, 94300 St-Ouen, Paris (00 33 1- 4011 2913 stall, 00 33 1-6459 9776 home). Another stall in Paris's famous Vernaison flea market (see Antik Art above).
  • RIN TIN TIN (Rick Irvine), 37 North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YB (01273-672424). Ephemera specialist, with many advertising novelties and framed advertisements taken from old magazines. Also promotional items, magazines, toys, games, early plastics, radios and other domestic fittings.
  • R.T. RUSSELL. Web: www.rtrussell.co.uk/products/tccgen/tccgen.html produces a first class Test Card Generator. It's fully programmable with any colour or monochrome image and comes complete with old favourites such as Test Card 'C'.
  • SAVOY HILL PUBLICATIONS. Now under new ownership: Paul & Alex Ollivier - Fir View, 7 Rabys Row, Scorrier, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 5AW. Tel: 01209-820771, E mail: sales.savoyhill@virgin.net Matchless selection of service manuals and printed matter about vintage radio. Old sets and parts from time to time, also cabinet transfers. The 'Antique Wireless Newsheet' available to subscribers.
  • SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL ANTIQUES, P.O. Box 4252, London, SW20 0XS (020-8946 1470, fax 020-8944 7961). Sales stand in one of the Portobello Antiques Markets, London, W11. Open Saturday from 09.00-13.00 or by appointment (ring first for location). Induction coils, telegraphs, galvanometers, X-ray tubes, Wimshurst and electrostatic apparatus, early wireless, books and other electrical antiques.
  • The SOUNDBOX, Ian Maxted, 10 High Street, Hampton Hill, TW12 1PD (020-8977 4802, fax 020-8943 5595). Buy and sell gramophones, musical boxes, polyphons, early sewing machines, typewriters and radios. Open Saturdays and by appointment at other times.
  • SPATZ ART DECO CENTRE, Waterloo Antiques Centre, Leeds (0113-244 4187). Specialists in pre-war radios.
  • Brian TAYLOR, 24 Molesworth Road, Plymouth, PL1 5LZ (01752-569061). Gramophones, phonographs, polyphons, radio, advertising bought and sold.
  • Bob TUCKER, A large selection of vintage radio spares, too many to list - including capacitors, chokes, dial bulbs, holders, knobs, speakers, transformers, switches, connectors, potentiometers, backs, valves and sockets. He also repairs vintage valved hi-fi amplifiers: Leak, Quad etc.
    Email your inquiries to: robert.tucker(at)nospam dsl.pipex.com [replace (at) with @ and remove nospam before use].
  • Joseph URBAN, 44 High Street, Anstruther, Fife (01333-310471). Valve radio repairs.
  • VALVE RADIO CO UK. Web site: www.valveradio.co.uk A site for collectors and engineers who collect and repair pre-1990 consumer electronic items such as top-loading vcr's, pre-1990 ctv/mono tv, valve and transistor radios, and gramophones.
  • VINTAGE WIRELESS COMPANY (Manchester) Ltd, 174 Cross Street, Sale, Ches., M33 7AQ (0161-973 0438) Website: www.vintagewireless.co.uk Domestic radios from 1930s to 1960s plus period car radio sales and restoration. No connection with former Vintage Wireless Company of Bristol.
  • WAVES, Suite 1005, 110 West 25th Street, Manhattan, New York, USA (00 1 212-989 9284, fax 00 1 201-461 7121). Good selection of radios, gramophones, microphones and ephemera.
  • WEST ELEVEN WIRELESS (Traylings), 215 Westbourne Park Road, London, W11 1EA (020-7221 2653). Valve and early transistor sets bought, sold and hired. Open Saturdays 10.00-18.00. Near Portobello Road market.
  • WHITE TOWN VINTAGE, 50 Meddon Street, Bideford, EX39 2EQ (01237-424280, fax 01237-424280), e-mail: white.vintage@virgin.net Tudor Gwilliam Rees' new vintage electronics business following his sale of Savoy Hill Publications. He buys and sells most British audio, repairs vintage radios and supplies vintage-compatible capacitors and other parts. Also he now can repair damaged CDs and DVDs !   A monthly news sheet is available.
  • WOMAN & WIRELESS WORLD. Specialise in vintage wireless sales, repairs and advice. Also telephones. small Bakelite collectibles. Showroom at Knutsford. Cheshire, open seven days. Claire Dufton. Heritage Antiques. 8 King Street. Knutsford. Cheshire, and Dagfields Centre. Wore. South Cheshire. Telephone (01606) 834140.
  • Dennis YATES, The Hewarths, Sandiacre, Nottingham, NG10 5NQ (0115-939 3139, fax 0115-949 0180). You want it - however rare it is? He can usually get it...
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