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On the odd occasion I scored a lift to school I'd hear Garry O'Callaghan and Sammy Sparrow but it was the exception rather than the rule. My transport was a Speedwell with 28in wheels and one forward gear.


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A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

 
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No it didn't. Double post.
 
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>Here is a monochrome test-pattern from ABC Channel 2 Melbourne in 1966.

Good find.
It had not occurred to me to try youtube for a static image.

Mind you, I had a look around, and many of them are artists impressions, not orignals.
eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmyS5yC8QP0 14 x 7.5 squares!

ps sorry if this doubles up, the first try disappeared.
 
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