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When [https://wiki.giroudmathias.ch/index.php?title=Utilisateur:AshlyBeers47526 vintage neon signs London] Crashed the Airwaves <br><br>It sounds bizarre today: in the shadow of looming global conflict, MPs in Westminster were arguing about neon signs.  <br><br>Mr. Gallacher, an MP with a sharp tongue, stood up and asked the Postmaster-General a peculiar but pressing question. How many complaints had rolled in about wireless sets being ruined by neon signage?  <br><br>The reply turned heads: the Department had received nearly one thousand reports from frustrated licence-payers.  <br><br>Picture it: listeners straining to catch news bulletins, drowned out by the hum of glowing adverts on the high street.  <br><br>Major Tryon confessed the problem was real. The snag was this: there was no law compelling interference suppression.  <br><br>He said legislation was being explored, but warned the issue touched too many interests.  <br><br>In plain English: no fix any time soon.  <br><br>Gallacher shot back. He pushed for urgency: speed it up, Minister, people want results.  <br><br>Mr. Poole piled in too. If neon was a culprit, weren’t cables buzzing across the land just as guilty?  <br><br>The Minister squirmed, saying yes, cables were part of the mess, which only complicated things further.  <br><br>---  <br><br>Seen through modern eyes, it’s heritage comedy with a lesson. Back then, personalised neon signs London neon was the tech menace keeping people up at night.  <br><br>Jump ahead eight decades and the roles have flipped: the menace of 1939 is now the endangered beauty of 2025.  <br><br>---  <br><br>What does it tell us?  <br><br>Neon has always been political, cultural, disruptive. It’s always pitted artisans against technology.  <br><br>Second: every era misjudges neon.  <br><br>---  <br><br>Our take at Smithers. When we look at that 1939 Hansard record, we don’t just see dusty MPs moaning about static.  <br><br>Call it quaint, call it heritage, but it’s a reminder. And that’s why we keep bending glass and filling it with gas today.  <br><br>---  <br><br>Ignore the buzzwords of "LED neon". Authentic glow has history on its side.  <br><br>If neon could shake Westminster before the war, it can certainly shake your walls now.  <br><br>Choose craft.  <br><br>Smithers has it.  <br><br>---
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Britain’s Pre-War Glow Problem <br><br>Looking back, it feels surreal: on the eve of the Second World War, the House of Commons was debating glowing shopfronts.  <br><br>Gallacher, never one to mince words, rose to challenge the government. Were neon installations scrambling the airwaves?  <br><br>The reply turned heads: the Department had received nearly one thousand reports from frustrated licence-payers.  <br><br>Picture it: the soundtrack of Britain in 1938, interrupted not by enemy bombers but by shopfront glow.  <br><br>Major Tryon confessed the problem was real. The difficulty?: the government had no legal power to force neon owners to fix it.  <br><br>He said legislation was being explored, but warned the issue touched too many interests.  <br><br>Translation? Parliament was stalling.  <br><br>The MP wasn’t satisfied. He pushed for urgency: speed it up, Minister, people want results.  <br><br>Mr. Poole piled in too. Wasn’t the state itself one of the worst offenders?  <br><br>The Postmaster-General ducked the blow, admitting it made the matter "difficult" but offering no real solution.  <br><br>---  <br><br>From today’s vantage, it feels rich with irony. Back then, [http://florence.boignard.free.fr/cms/spip.php?article28 neon sign shop London] was the tech menace keeping people up at night.  <br><br>Eighty years on, the irony bites: neon is the endangered craft fighting for survival, while plastic LED fakes flood the market.  <br><br>---  <br><br>What does it tell us?  <br><br>First: neon has always rattled cages. It’s always pitted artisans against technology.  <br><br>Now it’s dismissed as retro fluff.  <br><br>---  <br><br>The Smithers View. We see the glow that wouldn’t be ignored.  <br><br>Call it quaint, call it heritage, but it’s a reminder. And it always will.  <br><br>---  <br><br>Forget the fake LED strips. Authentic glow has history on its side.  <br><br>If neon got MPs shouting in 1939, it deserves a place in your space today.  <br><br>Choose craft.  <br><br>We make it.  <br><br>---

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Britain’s Pre-War Glow Problem

Looking back, it feels surreal: on the eve of the Second World War, the House of Commons was debating glowing shopfronts.

Gallacher, never one to mince words, rose to challenge the government. Were neon installations scrambling the airwaves?

The reply turned heads: the Department had received nearly one thousand reports from frustrated licence-payers.

Picture it: the soundtrack of Britain in 1938, interrupted not by enemy bombers but by shopfront glow.

Major Tryon confessed the problem was real. The difficulty?: the government had no legal power to force neon owners to fix it.

He said legislation was being explored, but warned the issue touched too many interests.

Translation? Parliament was stalling.

The MP wasn’t satisfied. He pushed for urgency: speed it up, Minister, people want results.

Mr. Poole piled in too. Wasn’t the state itself one of the worst offenders?

The Postmaster-General ducked the blow, admitting it made the matter "difficult" but offering no real solution.

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From today’s vantage, it feels rich with irony. Back then, neon sign shop London was the tech menace keeping people up at night.

Eighty years on, the irony bites: neon is the endangered craft fighting for survival, while plastic LED fakes flood the market.

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What does it tell us?

First: neon has always rattled cages. It’s always pitted artisans against technology.

Now it’s dismissed as retro fluff.

---

The Smithers View. We see the glow that wouldn’t be ignored.

Call it quaint, call it heritage, but it’s a reminder. And it always will.

---

Forget the fake LED strips. Authentic glow has history on its side.

If neon got MPs shouting in 1939, it deserves a place in your space today.

Choose craft.

We make it.

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