whisper Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 thankyou for all the replies,you brought a few memories back.I remember having british relay.My mum used to have a couple of things that were on rental as we were a large family and money was a bit tight.(altho i think it was same for most families then).She also used to rent a twin tub washing machine,and when videos first came out we rented one of those too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Originally posted by chumpy Rubydazzler, that brick hut on Saxon Rd beside the river was one of the repeater stations. regards well at least i had something right ... even if it was only the name of the road!! Whisper, did the meter always run out right at the most exciting part of whatever you were watching? It did in our house! Father didn't really like the idea of television watching so he decided we'd have a coin in the slot one when they became available. He decided how much money could be put into the meter and that was it ... when the money ran out, no more viewing. It always seemed to run out five minutes before the end of "play for today" or whatever ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 British Relay ran the cable system and the building is still there at the bottom of Matilda St on the left hand side as you walk towards St Marys Road but I think it has been made into flats years ago, just like every other vacant building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumpy Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 The installation depot was about where the park square roundabout is now. I used to work out of there with Dave and Jim doing the new council estates and stripping cable off the old houses (legally ) before they were demolished . Happy days. regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisper Posted July 12, 2005 Author Share Posted July 12, 2005 Originally posted by rubydazzler Whisper, did the meter always run out right at the most exciting part of whatever you were watching? It did in our house! i don't think we had ours on a meter Rubydazzler.i think my mum used to go into the shop and pay a monthly rental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awoollen Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I vaguely remember something about a local cable company when i was a kid. The cables were attached to the houses under the guttering and they paid something like a shilling a year for allowing them to run them across your house. I'm sure they had a sort of local interest slot where people could broadcast their own programmes? Obviously it never caught on ... otherwise would still be around today? It was based somewhere in Heeley, Saxon Road? On a related issue, when Yorkshire Cable first started up - didn't they intend to cover the whole of Sheffield? What happened? it was redivusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treatment Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 BRW (British Relay Wireless) used to broadcast around Heeley in the 60's. There was a special box that you had to have, but the picture quality was u/s. Every programme was like Look Leeds, but was about Sheffield. I don't think that it lasted long - I hope that the same happens to Look Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 it was redivusionRediffusion covered Rotherham British Relay Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narthen Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 British Relay had a depot on Cliffe Field Rd,the builing is still there but i dont know what it is now.At the time they seemed to employ a lot of people.I remember the man used to call every week for the rental money ,nobody bought tvs back then.If i remember you got 4 channels BBC1,BBC2 ITV and Midlands tv plus 4 radio stations,which in the70s was pretty good .Now we just have 250 channels of crap to watch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennonman Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 While at Hurlfield school about 1973ish we had cable tv film a school production of Peer Gynt. Was wondering if anyone remembers this or knows what company it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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