AFAICR they had a big presence in Tottenham Court Road in the 70's. I
don't think they were or became Dixons though.
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Yes, I remember Laskys in Tottenham Court Road and the one in Edgware
Road. They showed a pretty large presence among the hi-fi and electical
shops there too. For some reason I always associate Laskys with Tandy/
RadioShack, the other retailer of very much similar size and kind. They
have all now disappeared.
Therefore, I was surprised to learn that Laskys is still a going concern:
Comet Group plc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Group_plc
".....Comet....Laskys and B&Q....[Woolworths and Superdrugs]....in 2003 to
form ...the Kingfisher Electricals S. A. ..."
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>Yes, I remember Laskys in Tottenham Court Road [...]
I bought my first system from that shop in 1973 or 1974 or thereabouts.
I still have the turntable (a Pioneer PL-12D), and as far as I know, it
still works! (It has had several drive belt replacements, of course.)
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Welcome, do you remember Roy Pollard's Electrical shops too? There were a
few of them around the Birmingham/Solihull area when I was a nipper.
The ones I can remember off the top of my head were Coventry Road Sheldon
shopping precinct, Old Lode Lane shops by Hatchford Brook Junior School,
Warwick Road Dovehouse Parade shops, and I think he had one in Bearwood too.
It was a standing joke amongst us kids that if one of your mates came by way
of a bit of dodgy electrical gear, then it must have come "from Roy
Pollard's front window".
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I used to visit the branch in the Brent Cross shopping centre. It's now
a McDonalds...
>
> I bought my first system from that shop in 1973 or 1974 or thereabouts.
> I still have the turntable (a Pioneer PL-12D), and as far as I know, it
> still works! (It has had several drive belt replacements, of course.)
>
That turntable and arm is a nice one - I regreted getting rid of mine,
though it did buzz a bit coupling the motor noise with the base plate.
Shure M75ED cart?
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There was one in Sheffield as well (circa 1982 I think). I bought my BBC
Model B from them way back when - I think it cost in the region of £400.
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Last time I was down the smoke Henry's Radio (as it was) was still very
much there in Edgware Road about 250yds or so up from Paddington Green
nick on the other side (where they've always been.) Now called Henry's
Electronics and BT list them as 404 Edgware Road, so I suppose they
still at it!
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>Angus Rodgers wrote:
>
>> I bought my first system from that shop in 1973 or 1974 or thereabouts.
>> I still have the turntable (a Pioneer PL-12D), and as far as I know, it
>> still works! (It has had several drive belt replacements, of course.)
>>
>
>That turntable and arm is a nice one - I regreted getting rid of mine,
>though it did buzz a bit coupling the motor noise with the base plate.
>Shure M75ED cart?
I'm damned if I can remember what cartridge I bought (although whatever
it is, I probably still have the instruction booklet, along with all the
receipts for the equipment, although I've lost far more important things
over the decades!), but what seems to be in there at the moment is an
Ortofon VMS10E Mk II. I really must get around to learning how to
transfer some of my LP collection to CD and MP3 ... I've got some good
old prog rock LPs that have never made it onto CD, or whose CD transfers
are rare or impossible to find.
>On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:32:12 GMT, "Lin Chung"
><lin.chung@the Water Margin.com> wrote:
>
>>Yes, I remember Laskys in Tottenham Court Road [...]
>
>I bought my first system from that shop in 1973 or 1974 or thereabouts.
>I still have the turntable (a Pioneer PL-12D), and as far as I know, it
>still works! (It has had several drive belt replacements, of course.)
Snap - my PL-12D from Laskys dates from 1968 I think but I have never
needed to replace the drive belt (not used it for a few years now
though).
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The Laskys in Guildford closed about 1988/9, so they hung on for a bit.
> Therefore, I was surprised to learn that Laskys is still a going concern:
> Comet Group plc.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Group_plc
> ".....Comet....Laskys and B&Q....[Woolworths and Superdrugs]....in 2003 to
> form ...the Kingfisher Electricals S. A. ..."
After leafing through a pile of 1974-vintage Practical Wireless I was
surprised to discover the Laskys website. It's surprising how many
companies of that era are still going - Cricklewood Electronics, for
example, who how used to be called something else until they moved into the
shop next door and renamed (according to my pile of 1970s magazines). I
ordered from them the other month - still going, still carrying the same
stock.
I was also surprised to see someone carrying a Micro Anvika carrier bag the
other day - my one and only dealing with them was buying a discount
printer in 1988 from their Tottenham Court Road shop.
Theo
> After leafing through a pile of 1974-vintage Practical Wireless I was
> surprised to discover the Laskys website. It's surprising how many
> companies of that era are still going - Cricklewood Electronics, for
> example, who how used to be called something else until they moved into the
> shop next door and renamed (according to my pile of 1970s magazines). I
> ordered from them the other month - still going, still carrying the same
> stock.
Yup, Cricklewood Electronic's shop is a useful dropin for me for stuff
and components that the local Maplins have ditched or overpriced in
their catalogue. Even little things like thermal fuses!!
<http://www.cricklewoodelectronics.com>
>
> I was also surprised to see someone carrying a Micro Anvika carrier bag the
> other day - my one and only dealing with them was buying a discount
> printer in 1988 from their Tottenham Court Road shop.
Micro Anvika is one of now a handful of companies that run Tottenham
Court road (TCR), and is a large Apple dealership. I find them expensive
on sticker price but you can barter with the shop staff.
Other shops on TCR
<http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/tottcrt/tcr_intro.htm>
BTW Bartering is the only way to get a decent bargain and not ripped off
on that road - you need to be clued up on prices of the competition on
the same product and be prepared for a friendly battle. Most of the
staff and their other customers come from countries where bartering is
the accepted norm - you gain respect (and a discount) by doing it, and
silent mockery by paying the sticker price....
OK, blast from the past. Anyone remember Proops Brothers on TCR?
:-)
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himself delivered a replacement for a faulty Sinclair amplifier (*) to
his house and waited for it to be tested.
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Used to be a regular stop on my trips up from Chichester as a teenager
to poke around TCR and Edgware Road!
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'fraid not. One haunt that Brightonians may remember is the Shop in
Gardner Street run by the late Arthur Sallis and then there's GWM Radio
in Worthing.
>>> OK, blast from the past. Anyone remember Proops Brothers on TCR?
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>> I remember Proops - everything from scalpel blades to 'god knows what'!
>>
>> Used to be a regular stop on my trips up from Chichester as a teenager
>> to poke around TCR and Edgware Road!
>>
>Ah, but do you remember GW Smith's, of 3 Lisle Street?
Indeed I do. But does anybody remember The Shop On The Bridge?
Reading's equivalent of Proops, it started by selling war surplus
equipment and may well have predated Proops.
Incidentally, and much later, Reading also had a Lasky's.
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>Ah, but do you remember GW Smith's, of 3 Lisle Street?
Yup - and Little Newport street - spent days of my life in & out of those shops
- resisting their (and other nearby) attractions...
Geo
Of course, you mean lemon tea and buns in one of those little
Chinese cafes. ;-)
> I remember Proops - everything from scalpel blades to 'god knows what'!
>
> Used to be a regular stop on my trips up from Chichester as a teenager
> to poke around TCR and Edgware Road!
Yup, same here. I'd walk up TCR and Edgware road and Notting Hill (HiFi
and Video Exchange) and stagger back. Not drunk, but junk laden and geek
happy :-)
Proops are still around of sorts...
<http://www.proopsbrothers.com/history.html>
After moving out of TCR, they had a small shop in the Wealdstone
district of Harrow. I never got to visit them there, and when I finally
got the time - they were gone.... :-(
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> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:55:59 +0100, BrianE wrote:
> >> {{{{{Welcome}}}}} expressed precisely :
> >>> bargainhunter wrote
> >>> on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:17:23 -0700 (PDT) in message
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> >>>
> > There was an electronics shop called Lasky's in the Edgeware Rd
> > (London)
> > during the 70's. Just down from Hentry's Radio (whatever happened to
> > them?)
>
> Last time I was down the smoke Henry's Radio (as it was) was still very
> much there in Edgware Road about 250yds or so up from Paddington Green
> nick on the other side (where they've always been.) Now called Henry's
> Electronics and BT list them as 404 Edgware Road, so I suppose they
> still at it!
Yep -- Henry's are still there in Edgware Rd. -- confirmed yesterday.
Great shop!
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Richard
Edinburgh had a Laskys up till the mid eighties in the St James Centre
and Browns on George IV bridge was the surplus shop that had
everything as long as you didn`t mind resistors the size of pencils
made of morganite ;-)
Henry`s are still about
Adam