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Ron Levett, born in Alfriston, East Sussex, enlisted in 1943, and whilst posted to the British Liberation Army, took part in the liberation of Germany. He met and married his German wife, Ruth, while stationed in Münster then returned to England where he became interested in the new entertainment of the time -television.
I used to take Angela, my daughter, out for a walk in a pushchair, which I very much enjoyed; she was growing into a lovely little girl. She used to meet me at the gate and give me a great welcome when I came home from work.
One day as I was walking along The Furlongs I spotted a television aerial fastened to a garden shed and, on enquiry, found that the house belonged to Frank and Celia Norman.
When I contacted Frank I found that he had a very similar set-up to my homemade TV. I discovered that whereas I had problems with the picture his problem was that he could get no sound.
We decided to put the bits that did work, together and make one working system. This worked very well.
However as we had got the TV set working in his shed, because his signal was stronger than mine, we found ourselves and our families watching TV in the garden shed!
At this time there were only two commercial receivers in Alfriston, one owned by Bert Wilson, the other by Ernie Wooller. Their sets were very much lower in amplification than ours and a lot of evenings were switched off before ours lost the picture.
Thus began an association that lasted for over thirty years.
Ron Levett, 2001
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