G'day Norm and prd

Norm, that story you told was just magic. It nicely says just what
excitement there must have been post-WWII - when all sorts of appliance
were introduced to a public who could finally afford some of them.

TVs were jolly expensive when introduced, and my folks told me the
story that they could only afford a TV rental in the 1960s. I think
this was a popular option in those days.

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I know TV retailers would allow folks to watch in store and had sets in the window so people could come and watch at night. This being just marketing - feeding the addiction thus building sales.
Yes prd!
I have heard stories of parents who would turn up with kids in their
pajamas to watch a popular night show through the store window.

Clearly this was marketing catering to a new and exciting invention:
talkies in the lounge room! Who would have thought that possible!

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Jack