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<br> | <br>When Radio Met Neon in Parliament Looking back, it feels surreal: while Europe braced for Hitler’s advance, MPs in Westminster were arguing about neon signs. Gallacher, never one to mince words, stood up and asked the Postmaster-General a peculiar but pressing question. Were neon installations scrambling the airwaves? The answer was astonishing for the time: roughly one thousand cases logged in a single year. Imagine it: ordinary families huddled around a crackling set, desperate for dance music or speeches from the King, only to hear static and buzzing from the local cinema’s neon sign.<br><br>Major Tryon confessed the problem was real. The snag was this: shopkeepers could volunteer to add suppression devices, but they couldn’t be forced. He promised consultations were underway, but warned the issue touched too many interests. Which meant: more static for listeners. Gallacher pressed harder. People were paying licence fees, he argued, and they deserved a clear signal. Another MP raised the stakes.<br><br>Wasn’t the state itself one of the worst offenders? The Postmaster-General ducked the blow, basically admitting the whole electrical age was interfering with itself. --- From today’s vantage, it feels rich with irony. Neon was once painted as the noisy disruptor. Fast forward to today and shop neon lights it’s the opposite story: the once-feared glow is now the heritage art form begging for protection. --- So what’s the takeaway?<br><br>Neon has always been political, cultural, disruptive. It’s always forced society to decide what kind of light it wants. In truth, it’s been art all along. --- Our take at Smithers. When we look at that 1939 Hansard record, we don’t just see dusty MPs moaning about static. So, yes, old is gold. And it always will. --- Don’t settle for plastic impostors. Real neon has been debated in Parliament for nearly a century.<br><br>If neon got MPs shouting in 1939, it deserves a place in your space today. Choose glow. Smithers has it. --- <br><br><br>In case you have almost any inquiries concerning exactly where along with how you can make use of [http://jimiantech.com/g5/bbs/board.php?bo_table=w0dace2gxo&wr_id=640433 LIT Labs], you are able to contact us with our own web page. | ||
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When Radio Met Neon in Parliament Looking back, it feels surreal: while Europe braced for Hitler’s advance, MPs in Westminster were arguing about neon signs. Gallacher, never one to mince words, stood up and asked the Postmaster-General a peculiar but pressing question. Were neon installations scrambling the airwaves? The answer was astonishing for the time: roughly one thousand cases logged in a single year. Imagine it: ordinary families huddled around a crackling set, desperate for dance music or speeches from the King, only to hear static and buzzing from the local cinema’s neon sign.
Major Tryon confessed the problem was real. The snag was this: shopkeepers could volunteer to add suppression devices, but they couldn’t be forced. He promised consultations were underway, but warned the issue touched too many interests. Which meant: more static for listeners. Gallacher pressed harder. People were paying licence fees, he argued, and they deserved a clear signal. Another MP raised the stakes.
Wasn’t the state itself one of the worst offenders? The Postmaster-General ducked the blow, basically admitting the whole electrical age was interfering with itself. --- From today’s vantage, it feels rich with irony. Neon was once painted as the noisy disruptor. Fast forward to today and shop neon lights it’s the opposite story: the once-feared glow is now the heritage art form begging for protection. --- So what’s the takeaway?
Neon has always been political, cultural, disruptive. It’s always forced society to decide what kind of light it wants. In truth, it’s been art all along. --- Our take at Smithers. When we look at that 1939 Hansard record, we don’t just see dusty MPs moaning about static. So, yes, old is gold. And it always will. --- Don’t settle for plastic impostors. Real neon has been debated in Parliament for nearly a century.
If neon got MPs shouting in 1939, it deserves a place in your space today. Choose glow. Smithers has it. ---
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