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Old 25th Sep 2018, 3:56 pm   #88
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Default Re: BBC TV: The Repair Shop

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Originally Posted by M0FYA Andy View Post
The two episodes which annoyed me were the one where the Ferranti synchronous clock motor was instantly discarded as 'dangerous', and replaced by a quartz mechanism which probably cost £2, and the cash register where the totaliser mechanism was discarded because "I looked on the internet and discovered that they are always 'beyond repair'", without any attempt to explain or justify the statement. Probably all down to the TV budget...
Agree with both of those, Andy.
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