CB Shops from back in the day

[LondonCbRadio]

ALPHA in Balaam Street, Plaistow,london

Radio 88 Longbridge Road Barking,Essex

D C B Electronics Southend,Essex

Communication Eleven Reigate,Surrey

Truck king hertfordshire

[lambrettadave]

Aye, I might pay them a visit.

Did you meet Eddie who used to work in the shop before bev

I don;t remember an Eddie, just Bev. I think I was there around the time he went Biking across America, he loved his big motorcycles. Not sure what ever happened to him or the shop. I thought he had left it to other members of the club to run, so unsure why it closed in the end.

It used to be CB services and that's when Eddie worked there but bev was doing repairs on rigs and got the shop after the owner of CBS as the floor space was a lot bigger then..
Around 10 years ago I went in and it was dead nee one in except bev .

When Eddie was in I bought a silver eagle of them

[MrWeetabix]

I somehow think you may struggle if you need to return that silver eagle

[lambrettadave]

Yeah it's been a good mic as I still have it.

A week before I bought a ham jumbo off Len Dixon in Gateshead and that too proved to be a good rig too

[MrWeetabix]

Bloody hell yeah, Lee Dixons in Bensham! He was the far end of Gateshead from me so I dont think I ever got down there more than once. I believe that shop was still a going concern with radios for sale etc some years ago, not sure on its current state mind and it deffo wasnt Lee Dixons last I seen.

I now use Canny Components up in Sunniside. Always have a good choice to rummage through and anything you need/want they order in :-)

[Buick Mackane]

Aside from CB Shops catalogues also sold CB gear back in the day, I remember lusting over a spinneytronic amstrad clone When all my pals were lusting over the lingerie pages

[MrWeetabix]

Shops aside, for many years us here on Tyneside would happily be able to pick up a rig from 'Tommy Turbo' who used to buy and sell anything CB. Straight 40s, mids/muppets, sidebanders, burners, twigs....anything.

"19 anyone want to buy and rigs, sell any rigs, and twigs power packs, burners go to channel 16 16 16"

I was told he did this whilst he was on a driving ban, but unsure on the truths on this as I half-remember him delivering a radio for me once.

If you ever went to his house, it was interesting to say the least.

[The Collector]

Aside from CB Shops catalogues also sold CB gear back in the day, I remember lusting over a spinneytronic amstrad clone When all my pals were lusting over the lingerie pages

Were you unable to separate the pages of the CB Radio section, just like your mates couldn't open the lingerie ones shortly after?

[lambrettadave]

Shops aside, for many years us here on Tyneside would happily be able to pick up a rig from 'Tommy Turbo' who used to buy and sell anything CB. Straight 40s, mids/muppets, sidebanders, burners, twigs....anything.

"19 anyone want to buy and rigs, sell any rigs, and twigs power packs, burners go to channel 16 16 16"

I was told he did this whilst he was on a driving ban, but unsure on the truths on this as I half-remember him delivering a radio for me once.

If you ever went to his house, it was interesting to say the least.

I think I heard of Tommy turbo but had no connection with him.

Len Dixon's, I used to walk from Gateshead metro station to his shop and then walk over to the scooter shop at byker afterwards and then mooch around the toon for a bit before going home

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Aside from CB Shops catalogues also sold CB gear back in the day, I remember lusting over a spinneytronic amstrad clone When all my pals were lusting over the lingerie pages

I loved and still love my Euro CB catalogue and the midland, jesan and skiptech catalogue and the CRT catalogue too otherwise I used to look forward to seeing what was in Tandy's or the CB radio magazine.

In the early days of the internet I never thought the shops captured the sparkle of catalogue's

[JibberJabber]

Zulu One-Four … Leyton High Road Leyton East London .. Bought my first Uniden there .. Uniace 200 £55 the 100 was £35..

I also used to buy bits from a shop right beside Brimsdown Station one stop before Enfield Town .. Can’t for the life of me remember the name.. Bought my first Silver Eagle..Teardrop , 148 and a jumbo there.. Got carried away even then .. after I started working…

[friendly1uk]

CB Universal on Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Known as 'Charlies' after the owner.
People used to speak of another local shop Roger D's but I never went.
There were other outlets.

We had a radio club pub meet at the March Hair on Carlton Rd regularly. I think I was member/call RC113 so a few had joined

[NightProwler]

Aside from CB Shops catalogues also sold CB gear back in the day, I remember lusting over a spinneytronic amstrad clone When all my pals were lusting over the lingerie pages

Were you unable to separate the pages of the CB Radio section, just like your mates couldn't open the lingerie ones shortly after?

Nice

[original45]

Been so long back but we had the c.b cabin in brierley hill. The truck stop c.b shop off j1 m5 where was a truckers service station type park up place.
Stan willets a electrical hardwares store West Bromwich I think high street towards birmingham.
Raycom where a friend worked Birmingham New road oldbury.

Then their was a couple in Walsall tonks,s but can't remember other or exact road.
I'm sure their were more just can't remember now.

Big c.bAnd radio store in low town bridgenorth not far from the bridge over R7.
We had dixons in West Brom too and do remember a repair guy and shop in bilston but no name.
Was and still is a c.b gun shop in Kidderminster that moved stores from back streets to oposit train station and went on to sell air guns too few years ago.

Interestingly my neighbour bought me a few c.b radio antennas meters from makro halesowen and a warehouse called castle in Birmingham.
Latter was tools store I believe.

Seems cb gear was sold everywhere.

[The Collector]

My Fidelity Homebase and my sister's Alba CBH2 40ch handheld came from Makro in Halesowen.

[Beefeater]

Snap On Joe, from Kettering sold many rigs to me and my mates at Rushden Northants back in the 70s. Sue's CB Rushden, and another shop in Wellingborough rd Rushden that i can't remember the name of. You could pay Joe weekly on the Snap On van