HAVE you ever heard of a Relay radio?
I ask because of a call from Mrs Margaret Mills, of Stamforth Avenue, Breightmet, who said that when she was a child her family lived in Iron Street, Horwich, and they had a Relay Radio - but how did it work?
The mystery is that the radio was simply a cardboard box, with a piece of mesh at the top, but no wires or batteries, and no accumulator.
"It received just one programme, and my mother went to Winter Hey Lane in Horwich each week to pay for it", says Mrs Mills.
Well, I must admit that I am confused (although as you know that's my normal state!). I have not heard of a Relay Radio, and I just cannot see how it could work under the circumstances told to me by Mrs Mills.
If you can help, please let me know.
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