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Quite tempted with the Panasonic, but its not 1080, not sure if thats
much of a problem

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"widgitt" wrote in message
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Or a Wharfedale, which I have always been lead to beleive are a top make.

Wharfdale are almost always much the same as Bush, Alba, Goodmans etc.
ie Cheap.

I've the impression there are more than one Wharfedale named companies.

The domestic product company with its cheap TVs and DVD etc. just like the
Goodmans, Alba Bush style.

I then think there is a better product doing Hi-Fi speakers.

Maybe a third which made the speakers in my Cinema.

Maybe someone is licencing the name out.

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David wrote:

I then think there is a better product doing Hi-Fi speakers.

Maybe a third which made the speakers in my Cinema.

Maybe someone is licencing the name out.


sound about right accoding to wikip.


"Wharfedale Wireless Works was founded in 1932 by Gilbert Briggs, Briggs
sold the company in 1958 [...] and it has been through several owners
since then.

The name has been licensed to Argos for the manufacture of electronics
products [...] All Wharfedale-branded speakers are still made by the
original firm."

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Bill Wright wrote:

Interestingly, a lot of the TV shops started off as bike shops. Barker and
Wigfalls of Doncaster still sold bikes alongside the tellys right until they
closed a couple of years ago. That was a shock as well, for the trade
locally. I think virtually everyone in the trade in Donny had some
connection with them. Another of the pillars of the local TV trade going
under.


Yes, we had a one of those in Grays years ago. C. E. Noad and Son.

Think the trend started a couple of generations earlier, though.

When the early gramophones were introduced they didn't really fit into
anybody's existing product range - except, possibly for furniture dealers.

However, the only trader with the expertise to service these mechanical
contraptions with their powerful clockwork motors was the local bike shop.

If you come across a stack of old 78 rpm records anywhere, have a look
through them for any which were sold in the dealer's own packaging -
there's a fair chance you'll find that, as well as records, they sold
the gramophones and bikes as well.

Many of my mum's pre-war collection came from Noad's and many were in
cardboard sleeves emblazoned with adverts for their goods.

Wireless sets were a natural progression of this trade, ultimately
extending to television.

Noad's also sold prams - presumably related to the cycle trade in days
gone by.

Terry

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On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:06:32 -0000, "Bill Wright"
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"charles" wrote in message
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He can if he likes. The founder was called Henry Curry.

but he founded a bicycle shop ....

Interestingly, a lot of the TV shops started off as bike shops. Barker and
Wigfalls of Doncaster still sold bikes alongside the tellys right until they
closed a couple of years ago. That was a shock as well, for the trade
locally. I think virtually everyone in the trade in Donny had some
connection with them. Another of the pillars of the local TV trade going
under.

Bill

We had a TV shop in Bedford called Hills that closed down many moons
ago and was replaced with a bike shop, which has recently also closed
down.
Marky P.

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On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:49:28 +0000, Andy Burns
wrote:

David wrote:

I then think there is a better product doing Hi-Fi speakers.

Maybe a third which made the speakers in my Cinema.

Maybe someone is licencing the name out.


sound about right accoding to wikip.


"Wharfedale Wireless Works was founded in 1932 by Gilbert Briggs, Briggs
sold the company in 1958 [...] and it has been through several owners
since then.

The name has been licensed to Argos for the manufacture of electronics
products [...] All Wharfedale-branded speakers are still made by the
original firm."

Wharfedale speakers are still highly regarded. Wharfedale electrical
items are not. I believe the speakers are still made in the UK but
correct me if I'm wrong.

Marky P.

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Marky P wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:06:32 -0000, "Bill Wright"
wrote:

"charles" wrote in message
...
He can if he likes. The founder was called Henry Curry.
but he founded a bicycle shop ....
Interestingly, a lot of the TV shops started off as bike shops. Barker and
Wigfalls of Doncaster still sold bikes alongside the tellys right until they
closed a couple of years ago. That was a shock as well, for the trade
locally. I think virtually everyone in the trade in Donny had some
connection with them. Another of the pillars of the local TV trade going
under.

Bill

We had a TV shop in Bedford called Hills that closed down many moons
ago and was replaced with a bike shop, which has recently also closed
down.
Marky P.


I used to ride a bike and watch TV, not at the same time though.

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"Alan Pemberton" wrote in message
rve.co.uk.invalid...
Marky P wrote:

Wharfedale speakers are still highly regarded. Wharfedale electrical
items are not. I believe the speakers are still made in the UK but
correct me if I'm wrong.

They were still being made at the Idle factory in 1991 when I bought a
pair of Delta 30s from Woolworths... er, Richer Sounds actually. There
was a long spiel about their history in the instruction book.


They left the original factory at the top of Idle a long, long time ago to a
new factory down in Idle, from there they moved to Leeds.

My daughter left school at 16 and went to work for them at the factory down
in Idle, they used to bus her out to Leeds and back each day. She and many
others got fed up with this arrangement very quickly and experienced workers
were lost. My daughter is 40.

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"David" wrote in message
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"Alan Pemberton" wrote in
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rve.co.uk.invalid...
Marky P wrote:

Wharfedale speakers are still highly regarded. Wharfedale
electrical
items are not. I believe the speakers are still made in the UK but
correct me if I'm wrong.

They were still being made at the Idle factory in 1991 when I bought
a
pair of Delta 30s from Woolworths... er, Richer Sounds actually.
There
was a long spiel about their history in the instruction book.


They left the original factory at the top of Idle a long, long time
ago to a new factory down in Idle, from there they moved to Leeds.

My daughter left school at 16 and went to work for them at the factory
down in Idle, they used to bus her out to Leeds and back each day.
She and many others got fed up with this arrangement very quickly and
experienced workers were lost. My daughter is 40.

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They moved to Crossgates in Leeds. ISTR that when they were sold by Rank
they were bought by a Leeds TV shop - Valances? Then the loudspeaker
division was absorbed by one of the outfits that owns several speaker
names - was it Aim?

Anyway, the name is still used on speakers of reasonable quality/value,
but the name on electronics is just badge marketing.


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Woody

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