{"id":31292,"date":"2018-03-22T06:41:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T10:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31292"},"modified":"2018-03-22T06:41:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T10:41:10","slug":"ever-ready-model-n-attache-case-radio-spotted-in-charity-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/ever-ready-model-n-attache-case-radio-spotted-in-charity-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever Ready Model N attache case radio spotted in charity shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_31293\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Attache-Case-Radio-Briefcase.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31293\" class=\"wp-image-31293 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Attache-Case-Radio-Briefcase-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Attache-Case-Radio-Briefcase-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Attache-Case-Radio-Briefcase-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Attache-Case-Radio-Briefcase-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Attache-Case-Radio-Briefcase-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Attache-Case-Radio-Briefcase.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 1955 British Ever Ready Model N. Click to enlarge. (Photo: Mark Hirst)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A vintage radio appeared briefly in one of my local charity shops.<\/p>\n<p>A little Googling turned up this video (part 1 of 2) showing an example in operation:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsklRHrIeOI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gsklRHrIeOI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view Part 1 on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l87UQk9eFwo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/l87UQk9eFwo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view Part 2 on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wow&#8211;thanks for sharing Mark!\u00a0 So did you grab this radio?\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think I could have resisted!<\/p>\n<p>I love how the radio turns on as the case is opened and that the MW and LW antennas are in the lid.\u00a0 Brilliant!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: A vintage radio appeared briefly in one of my local charity shops. A little Googling turned up this video (part 1 of 2) showing an example in operation: Click here to view Part 1 on YouTube. Click here to view Part 2 on YouTube. Wow&#8211;thanks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,2436,433,3,305,4796],"tags":[6909,6912,6911,6910,5458,681],"class_list":["post-31292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-longwave","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-1955-british-ever-ready-model-n","tag-attache-case-radio","tag-briefcase-radio","tag-every-ready-model-n","tag-mark-hirst","tag-vintage-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-88I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58224,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/mark-spots-a-vintage-radio-in-taxi-driver\/","url_meta":{"origin":31292,"position":0},"title":"Mark spots a vintage radio in &#8216;Taxi Driver&#8217;","author":"Thomas","date":"November 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: Thomas, I've been deep down the k-drama rabbit hole for months now and I'm trying to familiarise myself with the Korean language at the same time. 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