Fowey Radio in King Street, next to Millbay Laundry, sold gramophone records but only what is called today 78 rpm records. You would need about six records for a symphony!!
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Dave Harwood
11 Oct 2023 at 04:34
I found an advert in the ‘Cornish Guardian’ dated 27th October 1960: “FOWEY RADIO Co., Ltd. Trafalgar Square, FOWEY Tel. 8129. Also 17 King Street, TRURO Tel. 2248.” ... and another in the 13th December 1934 issue: “GRAMOPHONE RECORDS! Large Stocks of: HIS MASTER'S VOICE, COLUMBIA, REGAL-ZONOPHONE, REX, STERNO, DECCA, BRUNSWICK, at the FOWEY RADIO COMPANY LTD. • BRANCHES: ST. AUSTELL, FOWEY, ST. BLAZEY, LOSTWITHIEL.”
John Freeman
28 Oct 2025 at 05:25
Fowey Radio, aka Fowey Radio Company, was established in 1924 by my grandfather and partners, becoming a public company, with shares, in October 1934 (I haven’t yet found out how long the company lasted). Before the Second World War, in addition to Fowey, the company had shops in St. Austell, St. Blazey, Lostwithiel, and, I have discovered, Truro. The business faltered during the war and several shops closed, but its 1934 share offer included the mention that even then, they planned to sell television sets.
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