By Design

Bakelite radio sets what were big in this country from the thirties to the fifties - the very sight of one evokes the period - and, though many were brown, many were very colourful and exuberantly designed. There's now a book about them. It's called Radio Days and one of its authors, Peter Sheridan, comes on to the show to tell us about it.

Guests

Peter Sheridan

Publications

Title: Radio Days: Australian Bakelite Radios
Author: Peter Sheridan and Ritchie Singer
Publisher: Bakelite (distributed by Tower Books)
Price: $89.00

Presenter

Alan Saunders

Producer

Mark Wakely

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