Guy Roberts
@bakeliteguy.bsky.social
Classic cars, vintage technology, music, amateur radio.
Tipping my hat to those who created technology in the past
Tipping my hat to those who created technology in the past
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Guy Roberts
@bakeliteguy.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Well I am here. The white one is Penelope and the blue one is Livie.
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“Oh, look! It’s Gran and Grandpa’s old phones and hard-drives from the beginning of the millennia! Do you have a device or charger and all the passcodes so we can scroll through all their old emails and messages?” Just a gentle reminder, please write a few letters, folks. 💌
February 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
“Oh, look! It’s Gran and Grandpa’s old phones and hard-drives from the beginning of the millennia! Do you have a device or charger and all the passcodes so we can scroll through all their old emails and messages?” Just a gentle reminder, please write a few letters, folks. 💌
Isn't the name Freeview a misnomer anyway?
In order to watch 'Free to air' you need to pay around £14.50 a month, monthly or face a fine.
It is not a universal service.
Make Iplayer subscription and global, the content justifies it, scrap the licence fee and make live free to air just that.
In order to watch 'Free to air' you need to pay around £14.50 a month, monthly or face a fine.
It is not a universal service.
Make Iplayer subscription and global, the content justifies it, scrap the licence fee and make live free to air just that.
The BBC’s proposal to switch off Freeview is a threat to its universal service | Letter
The BBC’s proposal to switch off Freeview is a threat to its universal service | Letter
Letter: Forcing households to buy broadband to access BBC television channels after 2034 would exclude poorer viewers, writes Christy Swords
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Isn't the name Freeview a misnomer anyway?
In order to watch 'Free to air' you need to pay around £14.50 a month, monthly or face a fine.
It is not a universal service.
Make Iplayer subscription and global, the content justifies it, scrap the licence fee and make live free to air just that.
In order to watch 'Free to air' you need to pay around £14.50 a month, monthly or face a fine.
It is not a universal service.
Make Iplayer subscription and global, the content justifies it, scrap the licence fee and make live free to air just that.
The oldest radio other than crystal sets that I possess is a home made 2 valver from around 1925.
I have never applied power to it before today having owned it years and....
I have never applied power to it before today having owned it years and....
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The oldest radio other than crystal sets that I possess is a home made 2 valver from around 1925.
I have never applied power to it before today having owned it years and....
I have never applied power to it before today having owned it years and....
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OTD in 1965. Bewitched and Perry Mason are on BBC1. ITV has No Hiding Place, Stars & Garters and Play of the Week.
February 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
OTD in 1965. Bewitched and Perry Mason are on BBC1. ITV has No Hiding Place, Stars & Garters and Play of the Week.
My parents visited the Festival of Britain.
I still have their programme and a sweet tin.
I would have loved to have seen it.
You can still see the ghosts of it on the south bank.
I still have their programme and a sweet tin.
I would have loved to have seen it.
You can still see the ghosts of it on the south bank.
February 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
My parents visited the Festival of Britain.
I still have their programme and a sweet tin.
I would have loved to have seen it.
You can still see the ghosts of it on the south bank.
I still have their programme and a sweet tin.
I would have loved to have seen it.
You can still see the ghosts of it on the south bank.
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Remembering Elisabeth Sladen on her birthday.
February 1, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Remembering Elisabeth Sladen on her birthday.
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Remembering the Skylon.
Festival of Britain 1951
Festival of Britain 1951
January 31, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Remembering the Skylon.
Festival of Britain 1951
Festival of Britain 1951
Sunshine after the rain🎵🎵
January 31, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Sunshine after the rain🎵🎵
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Remembering Terry Kath, whose birthday it would have been today, and who died in 1978 😢
Chicago - Beginnings | Live at Tanglewood (1970)
YouTube video by Chicago on MV
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Remembering Terry Kath, whose birthday it would have been today, and who died in 1978 😢
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When Donnington dies on a crusade, the new Lord comes under the influence of Lord Blackstone!
#RichardGreene is 🏹 ROBIN HOOD (1956) 11:30am in 'The May Queen' #TPTVsubtitles
#RichardGreene is 🏹 ROBIN HOOD (1956) 11:30am in 'The May Queen' #TPTVsubtitles
January 31, 2026 at 10:30 AM
When Donnington dies on a crusade, the new Lord comes under the influence of Lord Blackstone!
#RichardGreene is 🏹 ROBIN HOOD (1956) 11:30am in 'The May Queen' #TPTVsubtitles
#RichardGreene is 🏹 ROBIN HOOD (1956) 11:30am in 'The May Queen' #TPTVsubtitles
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“It’s more than just a repair.” Mark Stuckey shared how restoring treasured objects often becomes part of people’s healing process – turning broken items into powerful emotional moments. That’s the real magic of #TheRepairShop ✨
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The Repair Shop – Behind the scenes, secrets and stories
BBC Repair Shop star, Mark Stuckey, delighted a full house, sharing production secrets, challenging repairs and stories from a remarkable career
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 8:15 PM
“It’s more than just a repair.” Mark Stuckey shared how restoring treasured objects often becomes part of people’s healing process – turning broken items into powerful emotional moments. That’s the real magic of #TheRepairShop ✨
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Drop this hero and all round legend a few quid!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...
Donate to Support Mark Hehir - The Hero Bus Driver, organized by Henry Goff
Fundraising Goal: £20,000+ (GoFundMe staggers and increases the goal automatically… Henry Goff needs your support for Support Mark Hehir - The Hero Bus Driver
www.gofundme.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Drop this hero and all round legend a few quid!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...
All political parties block free speech..
Kemi Badenoch denies sacked Tory's claim party blocks free speech
Kemi Badenoch denies sacked Tory's claim party blocks free speech
The Conservative leader was responding to a claim made by an ex-member sacked for speaking to Reform.
www.bbc.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
All political parties block free speech..
Another skip save. Just post war HMV. Been sitting on our hall table since before Christmas. Wound it up today. Two electrolytic capacitors in the power supply replaced and the grid coupling capitor and off it went.
January 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Another skip save. Just post war HMV. Been sitting on our hall table since before Christmas. Wound it up today. Two electrolytic capacitors in the power supply replaced and the grid coupling capitor and off it went.
I sorted a 1950s KB FB10 toaster radio over the weekend. Not much wrong with it. A few capacitors and a tired 6V6 output valve.
I sorted it with someone else in mind however it has found its way onto my bedside table.
I sorted it with someone else in mind however it has found its way onto my bedside table.
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I sorted a 1950s KB FB10 toaster radio over the weekend. Not much wrong with it. A few capacitors and a tired 6V6 output valve.
I sorted it with someone else in mind however it has found its way onto my bedside table.
I sorted it with someone else in mind however it has found its way onto my bedside table.
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Ned Kelly looking like he’s about to open a toast cafe in Shoreditch.
January 30, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Ned Kelly looking like he’s about to open a toast cafe in Shoreditch.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
I want the machine in the picture.....that is the post.
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I want the machine in the picture.....that is the post.
@davegraham1.bsky.social Happy Birthday for yesterday. 🎂
January 26, 2026 at 8:29 PM
@davegraham1.bsky.social Happy Birthday for yesterday. 🎂
Things only radio hams find in the fruit bowl no. 1
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Things only radio hams find in the fruit bowl no. 1
Now I fully get Bruce Springsteen is one of the good guys, but this song is so irritating and MMEB does not help by making it a week long.
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Now I fully get Bruce Springsteen is one of the good guys, but this song is so irritating and MMEB does not help by making it a week long.
Happy heavenly birthday to one of my heroes. Warren Zevon.
youtu.be/giTi8KWSZl4?...
youtu.be/giTi8KWSZl4?...
Warren Zevon's Final "Late Show" Appearance | Letterman
YouTube video by Letterman
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Happy heavenly birthday to one of my heroes. Warren Zevon.
youtu.be/giTi8KWSZl4?...
youtu.be/giTi8KWSZl4?...
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I have a new book.
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I have a new book.
Now this is a slime ball thing to do if that is what has happened.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scafell Pike hikers left Wasdale rescue team to pay hotel bill
The mountain rescue team says it feels obliged to settle the debt on their behalf.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Now this is a slime ball thing to do if that is what has happened.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Iris box by woodworker Evan Andrew.
January 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Iris box by woodworker Evan Andrew.