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[Andy M0FYA]

Ahhh, Modern Radio. I was a regular customer there during the 1960s as a schoolboy first interested in building radios. Mrs Burrows (or was it spelt Buroughs?) was mistress of her radio side of the shop. Without moving far she knew exactly which cubby-hole to go to for what a customer wanted, or turn round to operate the Mullard valve-tester. Her husband's domain was in the other half of the double-fronted shop where he presided over boat and aircraft model-making materials, but I rarely ventured into that half. Advice was always available. If something was out of stock the standard reply was 'It'll be in on Thursday" which it usually was. (I wonder if Thursday was the day the Radiospares rep called?). I remember on one occasion being presented with a cardboard box full of what were to me at that time were quite exotic components - apparently a local amateur who was 'downsizing' his component stock had asked that they be passed onto to a suitable youngster who would make good use of them.
Happy days!
My brother still lives in Bolton and occasionally buys from there, but I haven't been in for decades. Perhaps i ought to.
Andy