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Murphy V210 & V210C Televisions announced in March 1953. V210 Price £66 10s. neutral filter 15s. 6d. extra. V210C Price £72 neutral filter 15s. 6d. extra. Price reduced in May to £61 for V210/VU210 and £ 66 5s. for V210C/VU210C.
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| The Murphy V214 Television announced April 1953 - just in time for the Coronation! Price £79 (£53/17/3 for the telly plus £25/2/9 for the chancellor). The chancellor must have been in a good mood as the price fell in May to £72 15s (£53/17/9 for the telly plus £18/17/3 tax). For an extra 18s. 6d. you could buy the V214 with neutral filter. The filter improved contrast by reducing the level of reflections. The 'fringe' version, V214A was announced in August of 1953 and cost an extra £7. |
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The Murphy V230 Television released September 1955. Price £50. (£36/19/5 + £13/0/7 tax). The first Murphy ‘Portable’ television had no cabinet. The side covers were made from cardboard! |
| The Murphy V240 Television announced June 1954. Price £69 15s. (£51/13/4 for the telly plus £18/1/8 for the chancellor). For an extra 20s. you could buy the V240 with neutral filter. The 'fringe' version, V240A cost an extra £3 15s. |
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Murphy V250 & V250AD Televisions. V250 released July 1954 Price £81 10s. V250AD luxury console released August 1954 Price £110. Also available as V250A for 'fringe' areas; price £85 5s.
Cover of the V250 leaflet. 218k |
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Murphy V280 & V280C Televisions. V280 released March 1956 Price £85 10s. V280C released May 1956 Price £94. Fringe reception models V280A & V280CA available for £3 extra. The V280A was released in May & V280CA in June 1956. If you look hard enough you might just notice the difference between the V250 and V280!
Cover of the V280 leaflet. 140k |
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The Murphy range for 1957. Featuring:-
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The Murphy range for 1958. Featuring:-
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| Cover. 163k Pages 3 & 18. 116k Pages 5 & 16. 127k Pages 7 & 14. 119k Pages 9 & 12. 125k |
Pages 2 & 19. 111k Pages 4 & 17. 122k Pages 6 & 15. 131k Pages 8 & 13. 128k Pages 10 & 11. 120k |
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The Murphy range of Radios for 1959. Featuring:-
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The Entire Murphy range for 1960 in full Glorious Colour! Featuring:-
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| Front Cover. 136k Pages 3 & 4. 103k Pages 7 & 8. 103k Pages 11 & 12. 119k Pages 15 & 16. 173k Pages 19 & 20. 116k Pages 23 & 24. 170k |
Pages 1 & 2. 67k Pages 5 & 6. 150k Pages 9 & 10. 157k Pages 13 & 14. 117k Pages 17 & 18. 136k Pages 21 & 22. 140k Pages 25 & 26. 126k |
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| In the early 1960's Murphy ran a series of adverts for Televisions under the headline of For the most part, the subjects pictured were generic but Murphy broke with tradition and allowed celebrity endorsement. Celebrities featured included Beryl Reid, Eric Sykes, Jimmy Hill and Sid James. I'd like to think that the Chimp in the first of the two brochures shown here went on to achieve fame and stardom with Brooke Bond - but that's probably wishful thinking...
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The new Murphy Televisions for 1961.
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| This rather Shakespearian character sounds his best on a Murphy radio... The range of Murphy radios for 1960. |
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The Murphy range for 1961. Featuring, more stuff than I care to list. Some items were so new a price wasn't given. I can now reveal those missing figures… B581 price £12/1/6 (batteries included) plus £2/2/- for case & earpiece. V659XS price £82/19/- plus £3/3/- for the Ultasonic remote control. V683XDS price £138/12/-. Remote control as above. Not pictured was the A496SR radio-gramophone, replacement for the A494SR. A496SR price £92/8/- plus matching speaker S6 price £17/17/-. |
