Radio Retrospective
We’ve been taking a little look back at some of the radios we’ve rescued in 2016. Bring on 2017 there’s work to be done.
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Going Dutch
We were recently asked to source a radiogram for a customer, after seeing and hearing one of our previous restorations whilst on holiday in Brittany at La Chaumine.
The result was this beautiful Bush RG46 radiogram from 1954. With a fully restored radio, brand new record deck, aux input for mp3 or bluetooth and personally delivered to its new home in Alkmaar, Holland.
Definitely the best Wayne’s Radio roadtrip so far. It included night ferry from Harwich, tour of the beautiful town of Alkmaar, educational visit to the cheese museum, slice of Apple Cake, a fabulous lunch, climb up a working windmill, several cups of coffee and an assortment of traditional biscuits. All this was courtesy of a generous chunk of Dutch hospitality from the radiogram’s new owners. We ended the trip with a large glass of wine and a well earned rest on the night ferry home. A job well done.
As for Alkmaar, definitely go visit, it’s worth the trip.
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Radio Review
Seems like a good time to look back at the edited highlights of 2015.
Radios from the forties to the seventies sent far and wide across the UK and internationally from Copenhagen to Kuala Lumpur.
We’ve now cleared the bench, rearranged the workshop, dusted off some different dirty radios and we’re ready for action.
Bring on 2016.
A Change for the Better
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Change.”
Radio Roundup
A little look back at Wayne’s Radios 2014. We’ve had the good fortune to hook up with vintage radio lovers who appreciate the style and sound of a vintage radio as much as we do. We’ve worked on radios in many different shapes and sizes, met some amazing people and travelled the length and breadth of the country.
We’re now looking forward to 2015 and getting started on one or two of these. Just a sample of our extensive radio collection.
Open Sesame
We took one ugly duckling G Marconi Radiogram and turned it into a beautiful swan.
Although the record deck and radio were later additions to the original G Marconi cabinet. They have been lovingly restored, mounted on a new base and look like they were made for each other.
Blue Spot Monte Carlo Radiogram
Probably late fifties, early sixties Blue Spot radiogram, with a wonderful dark brown mahogany, high gloss finish. Once the Blaupunkt valve radio warms up and the cocktail cabinet is loaded, you’re ready to roll back the rug and party.
The Blue Spot radiogram was considered The Radiogram in its day and it still packs a powerful punch. I love the pale blue Garrard deck. It really contrasts against the dark wood, although it’s difficult to do it justice in a photograph. Vinyl is making a comeback, although for some of us, it never went away.
The Return of the Radiogram
According to The Sunday Times, Sideboards have finally made a comeback.
“Homeowners have an on/off love affair with the sideboard. Adored by the G Plan generation, and a staple of smart homes in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, it got the cold shoulder in subsequent decades, consigned to the same design limbo as three-piece suites and linoleum. When midcentury modern style made a comeback in the late Noughties, however, those pared-back 1950s shapes began to look newly alluring, and we rediscovered a lust for long, low-slung cupboards — invaluable for everything from storing china to supporting the telly.”
So why not go one step better and make it a radiogram.
The once forgotten radiogram is back, bang on trend, and look what we’ve got ready and waiting for a new home. Load it with cocktails and sit right back and enjoy the sounds of the sixties. If you can’t be faffed with playing records, we can take out the record deck and make even more room for storing the glasses and icebucket. You can plug in your iPod or MP3 player and off you go.
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