FALCON
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FALCON |
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John Street Manufacturers, Ltd., 117 Manor Lane, Lee, London, S.E.12
![Picture of table set [7K]](../../dbase/falcon/falcon.jpg)
| YEAR | MODEL | STYLE | CRT | VALVES | RF | NOTES | PRICE | |||
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| Apr/May52 | T | 12" | 13 | 5ch (via plug-in coils) S/Het |
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| 1952 | C | 12" | S/Het | AC/DC |
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The only other reference I have found to this manufacturer is the interesting story related in the book "The Setmakers", an extract of which is given below :-
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"John Street (s) ... break came when he undertook to sell off a job lot of 200 televisions on a commision of £1 per set, and succeeded in getting Currys to take them all. The £200 enabled him to go 50 / 50 with a partner and set up a home-based business assembling radiogrammes with bought-in chassis. The coal-cellar was the office and there was no stockroom, so Street would sell them in ones and twos, to independent dealers, or to Co-ops." "By the mid-1950's he was producing 500-600 radiogrammes a week ... He mainly supplied multiple stores, who sold the sets either under his 'Falcon' marque, or under their own brand names." |
| References: | 1/ | 'The Setmakers' by Keith Geddes and Gordon Bussey (ISBN 0 9517042 0 6). |
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