He had the luxury of a work shop - try working on one of those with a pub full of drunks on a Saturday night although it wouldn't be in the condition of that one unless so "a-hole" had poured his beer over it.
In my attic is a working TK14 and a 4 track 2 speed Ferguson Model 3226 also working with many Caroline tapes mostly with DJs edited out.
Kev 
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Those early Grundig R_R recorders, were great - I remember as a lad, being very envious of a lad of a similar age (his father was a rich surgeon) who had a Grundig - he played me a recording of the radio Luxemburg top 20 - this must have been around 1959 - living in Symonds Green, a village near Stevenage - now overrun by new homes.
His name was Julian Richardson.
My first lowly tape recorder, was a secondhand "Gramdeck" which converted a record player into a tape recorder - though not very well
I expect your TK20, needs some Capacitors & perhaps valves replaced, Dave. Previous Message
Thanks Dave, that has put that to bed! I wish that the restorers were near here Oxford, I have an Emerson 888 transistor radio that I used to listen to the pirates on in the 60's that does not work, also a 1959 Grundig TK20 reel to reel tape recorder that has gone quiet, both I would like to get going again, it would have be someone local. Previous Message
Voice overs/Narration by Karl Collins. Previous Message
I have just got round to watching the the Retro Electro Workshop Ross Revenge episode recorded on my Virgin Media box and I was very pleased with what I saw Does anybody know the name of the chap doing the voice overs? To me it sounds like Ted Kravitz of SKY F1 fame but my family do not agree. I have looked the credits but no mention. Previous Message
It's now available on demand here if you haven't got their app on your television, episode 2 Sinclair C5 You need to register.
I agree with Ian, the presenter started listening to Caroline in 1983, there's some shots of it's history including the raid at the start of the feature on Caroline.
https://uktvplay.co.uk/shows/retro-electro-workshop/watch-online Previous Message
Thought it was a good piece.
The guy seemed genuinely interested in Caroline and this helped to promote the station in a positive way.
I know he is an advertiser and may well have close links with the station.
Good to see Nigel say a few words.
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