Remembering Rediffusion Hull

Rediffusion Hull Branch By :

Gerald Clode / Mike Worsey

Updated: December 2008

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REDIFFUSION HULL

Hull was one of the first cities in the UK to receive relayed radio via the wires of Broadcast Relay Services as early as 1928. By the time of the groups demise in the mid - 1980's Rediffusion Hull boasted the UK's largest subscriber base of over 48,000 customers.

Associated Companies in over 175 towns in Great Britain and in Barbados, Bermuda. Canada, Ceylon, Guyana,
Hong Kong, Jamaica, Malaya, Malta, Singapore, South Africa, Trinidad and West Africa etc.

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This year's Staff Reunion was held on Friday 5 December 2008 at Goodfellowship public house on Cottingham Road, Hull. Over 50 ex - employees attended the function and a good time was had by all.
To see pictures of the event, click on the link....2008 Reunion Pictures

Rediffusion Hull served as the head offices for the Yorkshire Region. There were also Branch Offices in: Grimsby, Leeds, Rotherham and Shipley with additional Service Centres in Halifax and Harrogate. The region had around 30 shops in the towns and cities of the counties serviced. Most of the region offered a Wired Vision Service to subscribers within the city areas.

( Click the above pictures for a full size image )

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There are lots of great old pictures of Rediffusion Hull on our Scrapbook Pages.
Please take a look. Maybe you were there and recognise others. Let us know ! And Others Too !

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