Illuminating Lampbases from the 1950s.
Lighting lounges, halls and bedrooms. Black Panther Welcome to my first blog post for 2023. My goal for the next two months is to write 2023 not 2022! On the first of June 1960, Auckland had the first black and white television broadcast. It lasted all of three hours. Wellington and Christchurch went live in 1961, with Dunedin patiently waiting until July 1962. It wasn't until December 1975 that colour televisions were available to purchase. I grew up with a hefty black and white Philips television in our lounge. My Nana and Granddad had a Thorn. There were nobs for volume, channels and tuning for control of the static and rolling screen. Remembering back to the day before my birthday, in the August school holidays, the channel knob was finally clicked over to two. On the 1st September 1975, our family watched with excitement as TV2 South Pacific Television beamed into the lounge. Fourteen years later, on the 26th November 1989 New Zealand was introduced to TV3, the first i...