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Originally Posted by Peter.N.
There was a permanent shortage of TV engineers so regardless of qualifications if you could repair TV's you could get a job. They were generally very easy to repair then and many engineers used to spend their evenings doing 'private' work and it was a good earner. A teenager owning a car in the '50s was a rare thing, if you saw one there is a very good chance he was a TV engineer.
Peter
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Even in the 70s, working for most TV rental companies was a fairly well paid job. I had full private use of a new Ford Escort estate car while many people in my street had to manage with old "bangers". Company cars were not taxed in those days and I rarely had to buy petrol from my own pocket.