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Click for larger image BBC1 Trade Test Transmission
1978 Click for larger image We're returning to a trade test transmission

A selection of line up cards used in telecine and film, plus other miscellaneous items. The first image is of Carol Hersey, the original test card girl. She was the daughter of a BBC engineer.


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Click for larger image Midlands Today
1988 Click for larger image This recording is from Midlands Today 11th February 1988, featuring Keith Hamer a collector of tv testcards, graphics and continuity

Remember the days of the Astra and Amstrad box with 16 channels? Here's a few recordings of the Astra Channel transponder numbers to jog your memories of what channels were available, plus an 11 minute promo, which would be shown on a spare channel


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1991 Astra Channel Listing
1991 Astra Channel Listing
1991 Astra Channel Listing
1992

Click for larger image Astra Channel Guide
1996 Click for larger image Another astra channel guide from 1996...

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