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Old 5th Feb 2023, 15:30
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kcockayne
 
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Originally Posted by WHBM
Ekco a name from the past. Eric Kirk COle Limited or something. Mainstream 1930s British radios and pioneer television manufacturer, inevitably got swept into aircraft comms equipment in WW2. Valve production was the centre of such industries at the time. Our first ever television was by them. Get a mention in my Avro Anson book as owning one in the 1950s, not sure whether as exec transport or for instrument development. I think they ended up taken over by Philips in the 1970s.
G-ALIH . Saw it at Guernsey in very early 60s. Very smart colour scheme.
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