They don't make Ladybird books like they used to

[zx80nut]

Back in standard 3 Junior school (mid 70s) the school did the book club (I think they still do) where you get a list of books they suggest.
I bought the brill "Magnets Bulbs and Batteries" book, and when I got it I noticed that I could also get "Making A Transistor Radio", so I pursuaded my parents to get me that as well.

What a superb book - and the radio really works !
I still have it...
   

other pics here:

http://searle.hostei.com/grant/Radio/index.html


Never seems to be anthing like that any more

Grant

[Joe]

'Magnets, Bulbs and Batteries' is available free here: http://www.vintage-radio.info/books

— Joe

[zx80nut]

Hi Joe.
Thanks for that link - other books on that look great as well. Had a quick look at the VERY retro Ladybird book How It Works - The Computer. How things have changed

Grant

[AlanBeckett]

That's a very dangerous Site young Joe. It could use up a lot of Disk space in very short order

Alan

[Stockden]

They certainly don't make em like they used to but I can heartily recommend this from the current range

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ladybird-Book-S...0718183584 (use the "have a look inside" feature as well as looking at the 3 images on the page)

I was given a copy of this for Christmas. Do you think she was trying to tell me something?

Hugh
P.S. I too had a copy of Magnets, Bulbs and Batteries and I still regret losing it.

[Mark Hennessy]

I got 2 copies of that for Christmas. I think I've been typecast...

[Doodlebug]

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