A Screen Legend

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UK's oldest TV... from 1936

Fit for broadcast ... antique set still works

Caters News Agency

 

BRITAIN’S oldest working telly is still going strong — 77 years on.

The Marconiphone 702 was built in 1936 and would have cost the equivalent of £11,000.

It is the pride of engineer Jeffrey Borinsky’s vintage telly collection and he still watches it — even hooking it up to his Freeview box.

King ... George VI’s 1937 coronation

Central Press

The British-made set — built to show the coronation of King George VI in 1937 — has no channel changer as the BBC was the sole broadcaster at the time.
The screen sits in the cabinet and the images are reflected in a viewing mirror.

Behind the scenes ... TV’s insides

Caters News Agency

Proud Jeffrey, 56, of Barnet, North London, bought it for £2,000 in 1999. He said: “If I could only keep one of my 20 vintage TVs, it would be this one.”

No remote ... original switches

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