I bought my first bike* from one of the two electrician/radio shop and my first transistor radio from there too. All our TVs and I used to take my grandad's accumulator there for charging every Saturday.CitroJim wrote: ↑17 Oct 2020, 06:05
Oh magic Back in the days when so many radio and TV dealers were also cycle dealers...
All stemming from the days when you'd take your wireless LT (filament) accumulator to the local bike shop to be charged... In the days when not every home enjoyed having mains electricity... We take it for granted now but it's a surprisingly recent thing...
It was a logical move for bike shops to become wireless dealers too...
*That is, the first bike that I bought, not the first bike I had.