{"id":169,"date":"2011-10-16T21:19:53","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T20:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/?page_id=169"},"modified":"2015-11-23T18:57:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T18:57:22","slug":"roger-allen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/profiles\/roger-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Allen &#8211; Maplin Electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Years of involvement:<\/strong>1969-1970<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 1275px;\" width=\"491\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Alias:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-318\" title=\"Maplin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maplin1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"61\" \/><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Home Location: <\/strong>Hockley\/Rayleigh, Essex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Types of involvement: <\/strong>Parts &amp; TX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Comment \/ History:-<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Roger had been supplying us with parts from his ex military surplus stocks. In 1969 Roger began a new business from his home in Hockley selling mail-order components. Roger told <a title=\"DJ \u2013 Steve T,  \u201cJolly Orange\u201d, \u201cJohnny Orange\u201d J.O.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/profiles\/dj-steve-t-jolly-orange\/\">J.O.<\/a> that he needed to make some space for the business to expand and wanted to get rid of a large <a title=\"Canadian Wireless Set No. 43 \u2013  Radio Kaleidoscope Transmitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/gallery\/equipment\/canadian-ws-c-43-set-transmitter\/\">C- 43 set<\/a> shortwave transmitter. <a title=\"DJ \u2013 Steve T,  \u201cJolly Orange\u201d, \u201cJohnny Orange\u201d J.O.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/profiles\/dj-steve-t-jolly-orange\/\">J.O.<\/a> eagerly snapped up Roger&#8217;s kind offer, and once again <a title=\"Chris McCarthy \u2013 Engineering\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/profiles\/chris-mccarthy\/\">Chris McCarthy<\/a> used his trusty white SWB Land Rover to transport the new <a title=\"Canadian Wireless Set No. 43 \u2013  WWII Transmitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/gallery\/equipment\/canadian-ws-c-43-set-transmitter\/\">transmitter<\/a> home, stopping at <a title=\"DJ \u2013 Buster, Roland Pearson \u201cAndy Bowman\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/profiles\/roland-pearson\/\">Buster&#8217;s<\/a> house in Avondale Road Benfleet for a photo shoot on the way.<\/p>\n<p>Roger went on to develop his mail order business, which in 1972, became known as Maplin Electronics.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_743\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-43-set-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-743\" class=\"wp-image-743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-43-set-31.jpg\" alt=\"c-43-set-3\" width=\"498\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-43-set-31.jpg 921w, https:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-43-set-31-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-43-set-31-555x1024.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.bookamook.com\/kaleidoscope\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-43-set-31-900x1658.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadian Wireless Set No C-43 used by Radio Kaleidoscope 1969-1970<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years of involvement:1969-1970 Alias: Home Location: Hockley\/Rayleigh, Essex Types of involvement: Parts &amp; TX Comment \/ History:- \u00a0Roger had been supplying us with parts from his ex military surplus stocks. In 1969 Roger began a new business from his home in Hockley selling mail-order components. 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