I was doing something i'm kind of good at, Reminiscing, the other day, whilst on YouTube the other day.
I'm a child of the 80's, and as a kid, i loved technology, modern tech is great but i think the method of tuning your TV in manually using funny little knobs behind a little door is sadly missed!
I remember the TV/Radio shops you could get at the time, although we rented a wood panelled Philips colour set from a local dealer becuase the terms for my parents, being poor, were affordable, and apparently, Mr. Fox, the TV rental man, was a bit of a all round honest good guy as well. Sadly, his shop, and the model shop that was next door have long gone. They are now part of a car park for a branch of PC World.
We had Visionhire, Radio Rentals, and Rumbelows. They've all gone. Visionhire is now a card shop, so is the former Radio Rentals and the once very big Rumbelows is now a Phones4U.
It makes me wonder what happens to people when organisations like this cease trading, of course many find other jobs, but some people worked for these sort of places for years, and although it sounds a bit soft, i do wonder how people who spent years working for these sort of places adjusted to a new, streamilned business or alternative employment, or even retirement. Do they just get on with it?
Likewise all the people organisations like BT must have shedded since privatisation in 1984...
I actually wanted to be a TV Repair Engineer as a kid, this was the service depot arm of Granada Rentals/Visionhire years ago, looks like a good place to work!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDeD0MMzkqI&feature=channel_page
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