Ohhh is that a Vinten ped?
#OnThisDay 1971: Nationwide was broadcast from their swish new Pebble Mill studios for the first time, and gave everybody a tour.pic.twitter.com/p6SHBFd5zV
"Coconut shells have been transistorised"
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Even Nick Owen's been transistorised now. Very hard to tell the difference though to be fair.
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In those days the Archers cast turned up in their suits even for radio that always broadcasts the best pictures.
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No it wasnt. Nationwide was transmitted from Lime Grove in London The midlands regional show that Tom refersto and preceded Nationwide came from Pebble Mill
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Didn't you do a special feature about the
#Moorgate disaster from lime Grove John?
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Pebble Mill was torn down just 35 years after it was built. Why? DG Birt's Producer Choice placing high 'rental' price on the building and extremely dodgy build quality in the first place, which caused the concrete to deteriorate.
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Tom Coyne . Such a fixture of midlands today . Cue grainy footage of Red Robbo at Longbridge...
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ISTR it got demolished when they moved to the Post Box which was sad. Always remember watching on school lunch break.
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