jimmy.
re....."funny thing"...your first para.
yes.. a true contradiction.
sometimes uk produced brilliance and other times...problems.
lets not forget some uk car electronics either.
i asked my dad once (an electrical engr..)about this contradiction.
his answer was that in the 50's/60's era many uk employers
were cheap on the wage front,
thus lots of good guys went abroad for better money.
england has a history of not paying engrs too well.
cos in the past the captains of industry typically being
"elites" of the eton/oxbridge variety who wouldnt know
a capacitor from a transistor..lol...ie...lawyers/accountants.
also my dad said the dam cost cutting accountants often got in the way.
whatever happened to studiomaster ?? never hear of em now.
looks like alice is still going.
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