"Colonial" portable on ebay.

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Re: "Colonial" portable on ebay.

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Steve wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 9:08 amExport, yes, colonial model, no. The so called "colonial models" were made in India for that market. I don't believe the 94 was of Indian manufacture. Thats not to say some Hayes assembled 94s didn't end up in India.
Good point Steve. I said "Colonial", because in "His Masters' Gramophone", it says that the HMV under the trademark transfer had been in use in India for some years, but not in the UK till after WW2. Plus in Dave Coopers book, it is included in the tropical versions available in India. Maybe mine was exported to India, and the HMV letters were added there. Who knows?

Barry

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