maniclee Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 One of the technicians in the Media Studies suite at the old Shirecliffe College formerly worked on the Sheffield cable TV station. I remember him showing us some video footage he had salvaged. His name was Laurence Fowler and was a legendary olympic smoker. Maybe some of the footage exist in the city archives (along with some of my dodgy media studies work.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsman Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Originally posted by gerryuk Sheffield Cablevision started broadcasting on August 29th 1973 and died a death on January 2nd 1977. After it closed the old ITV company ATV in Birmingham began transmitting on that channel. Sheffield Cablevision was run by a company called British Relay Network. Me dad used to work for British Relay in the late 70's early 80's. I'll get some info off him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desy Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Originally posted by desy THink that was also an organisation called BRW was a cable company and a box was under the television that you subscribed to by paying cash into the meter underneath. You received a booklet every 2 weeks stating the programmes on and how much it was to subscribe. All I can remember it was going in 1966ish. Correction The normal channel programmes were throgh the cable on a normal rental charge. athe booklet for the extra programs were for films, all in wrestling and other sports you had to pay through the meter underneath and that was emptied once a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsavo Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 How strange to sit here in Portugal and see my name mentioned by Maniclee. I never realised I was an olympic smoker, but my better half says different!The Sheffield Cablevision experiment was run on a very small budget and under severe constraints from The Home Office in London about its output. I was probably as responsible as anyone else for messing up the news. We had no autocue and had to read off a script we recieved only a few seconds before the transmission. On one memorable occasion I had to read the main story about a Polish baker who had committed suicide. As Polish names are very difficult to pronounce, the rule is pick a pronunciation and stick to it. I unfortunatly forgot mine and gave the poor chap six different names. The producer (in my earpiece) said, "sounds more like a bloody massacre than a suicide". Try keeping a straight face after hearing that during a serious story! I will admit that someone stuck a sign on my office door at Shirecliffe which said "Fagash Lol". I often wondered who, so own up Maniclee, was it you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Who was you dad owlsman? I may know him? I used to work for BRW at Derbyshire Lane. Was he an engineer or a linesman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToryCynic Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Apparently (whether this was a national thing, or local to you), but a relative of mine used to do the delivery of the coin-operated tellys in the 80s. Going back some time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 BRW did well in Sheffield because reception was so poor and customers could be guaranteed good pictures and free radio programmes which was something the competitors couldn't offer. If he was a collector or an installer and he worked from Derbyshire Lane, then I would know him by sight but I didn't know all their names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitsmoorlad Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Hi "tsavo", I was one of the "volunteers" who helped out down there. It's my claim to fame that I was on the telly for....minutes. I once interviewed a girl who was trying to become a speedway rider. Don't think I helped her career much. But for me Cablevision was a stepping stone to ......complete oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsman Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Who was you dad owlsman? I may know him? I used to work for BRW at Derbyshire Lane. Was he an engineer or a linesman? I think he was an engineer, he was at Derbyshire Lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Cheers, I was an engineer at Derbyshire Lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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