Vintage Electrical Appliance #4 - The GEC "Portable" Radio

[Flying10uk]

The next item that I have to show from my vintage electrical collection is the GEC portable radio dating to the early 1950's. This radio has been in my family from new being purchased in the 1950's and, at the time, was considered small. Being 1950's technology it still used valves (vacuum tubes) rather than transistors and hence the need for the slightly scary 90 volt battery which I assume would have been potentially dangerous at that voltage. For the benefit of anyone who doesn't know, in simple terms, valves or some valves require relatively high voltages to function correctly unlike transistors which will work at much lower voltages. It also had the option to work on 240 volt mains. The aerial is concealed in the lid.

Sadly the radio no longer works but all the internals are there and so it is perfectly possible that it could be made to work.

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