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Month: May 2019

Posted on May 19, 2019February 25, 2021

Southerner

southerner-OB-boat

By Paul Marshall

From the late 1960s through to 1981 (when they lost the broadcasting franchise for the southern region), ITV Southern Television was unique in the world in having a dedicated outside broadcast boat.

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Posted on May 17, 2019February 25, 2021

Burton Waters Boating Festival

OOW999G-AEC-Rally

See our restored Southern Television Outside Broadcast vehicle with working period equipment dating from 1968 at Burton Waters Marina near Lincoln on Saturday 15th June.

See the “Events” page for more information.

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