This is an archived website which has not been updated since 2007. Some information may be inaccurate or out of date.

THE OLD TELLYS SITE

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In February 2026 this website was archived by the BVWS. It has not been updated for many years, and will not receive any updates, so some information may be out of date.

The BVWS thank Steve Pendlebury for entrusting us to preserve his excellent work.

Baby Sitter Cartoon

Someone's gotta be!
Are YOU?

PLEASE READ THE ITEMS BELOW!!

WELCOME to The Old Television Website. There seems to be a dearth of information on the web about restoring old TV sets. There's some excellent sites about old radios, but very little about restorations on TV sets. I hope these pages will go some way to putting that right... If you wish to contribute, agree, disagree or even personally abuse me, please do.

Incidentally, this site is British Targeted and deals with the 405 Line and 625 Line PAL systems.If you live or work elsewhere, please remember that while most of the information included will be relevant, some may not be applicable to other transmission standards. For our American friends, for example, when I say 'TUBE' I mean Cathode Ray Tube not Valve!

To jump to the section you want, simply click on the relevant link on the menu located on the left.

Please note that all the graphics and coding on this site has been created by my own fair hand as I burned the Midnight Oil. If you wish to plagiarise the graphics and backgrounds, you are welcome to do so if you let me know. This is because you may be a valve electronics buff yourself; perhaps we could talk. Tell me where your site is so that I can drop in for a look?

The above applies only to non-commercial users. Commercial sites may NOT plagiarise me in order to make money. If you do, you will burn in cyber-hell!!

PLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER BELOW, JUST FOR MY PEACE OF MIND!!!!!!

All Television sets, new and old, contain hazardous voltages. I wish to make it plain that entry to this site is taken as acceptance of the points listed below:

It is NOT recommended to attempt electronic repair or restoration on any TV set UNLESS you are confident that you are suitably experienced in electronics and vintage radio.
It is advisable to have experience of Vintage Radio restoration, I recommend Paul Stenning's Vintage Radio restoration pages as a good start to learn the necessary skills without having to work with 25kV EHT supplies!!!!! You'll find his address under Links.
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this site. However, I do not accept responsibility for any errors or their consequences. In addition, I cannot be held responsible for the use, misuse or misunderstandings of any part of the content of this site.