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As it says. Missing the old days of talking tech with lots of great people, and some weird ones, from the old days of Audiotronic and Eagle, the Lasky's empire
As a school-kid and within the space of 15 years, a lift service engineer- I walked around the West end looking at stuff in all the Laskys Branches that i couldnt afford. Funny thing is that I can now but my wife wont 'have it in the house' as its 'old stuff' and too big. In the 60's, we would buy a red-bus rover and go up to Charing Cross and take the tube- why we didnt walk was ignorance, I suppose as TCR was only a short trot.Yes Tottenham Ct Rd was HQ, they had more stock than our warehouse at the Hyde, N London! First time there, I saw a thing like a sideboard, turned out to be Altec Lancing Voice of the Theatre. Lasky's was plagued with senior management problems, Gerry Adler(hence the Eagle brand), had trouble staying on top of them all. 'Pipe Smokers' we called them. I was manager of Chatham branch, having been A/manager at Dartford and Romford. Laskys staff were all very knowledgeable in my branches, real egg heads with a fantastic sense of humour, Monty Python mainly, and as 'buffs' themselves were eager to have the best in our demo rooms, a constant fight with stock control at the Hyde trying to locate the odd Nakamichi or TEAC which we were showing on stock but was our centrepiece in the demo room! Thanks for the interest. Have a nostalgic afternoon!
As a school-kid and within the space of 15 years, a lift service engineer- I walked around the West end looking at stuff in all the Laskys Branches that i couldnt afford. Funny thing is that I can now but my wife wont 'have it in the house' as its 'old stuff' and too big. In the 60's, we would buy a red-bus rover and go up to Charing Cross and take the tube- why we didnt walk was ignorance, I suppose as TCR was only a short trot.