On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:38:19 +0100, "JohnT"
wrote:


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I had Rediffusion cable in Gateshead in the 60s and early 70s and it was
awful. Moved to Washington (a New Town on Wearside) in the early 70s and
they had cable TV (BBC and ITV Tyne Tees plus Yorkshire TV) to which some
satellite channels were later added on a subscription basis. It was managed
by the Post Office (later BT) and wasn't bad - immensely superior to
Rediffusion.

JohnT

Was there not a company called British Relay who also ran cable
systems in some towns? ISTR in some provincial town in the past couple
of years the council got involved as the abandoned cables were causing
a nuisance. Threatening to fall of lampposts or something.
G.Harman