Remember the days when you could rest a pot plant on top of your telly?
And when your hi-fi system took up a whole corner of your living room?
Business owner Mike Oldroyd does.
The 67-year-old ran Teesside-based electronics business Superscreen in the late 1980s and through the 1990s, before closing in 2005.
Mike, who had stores across the North-east including on Middlesbrough’s Cannon Park and in Coulby Newham, Linthorpe Road and Stockton, said: “It was the Currys of its day and we had a warehouse of more than 4,000 square feet.
Superscreen in the Parkway Centre in Coulby Newham in 1991
“We would sell ex-rental models and were famous in the area for the £29.99 video player and £19.99 DVD player.
“People getting water in the back of their telly through knocking over a plant would be a common thing, to be honest.”
Mike, whose wife Carol now has new business La Maison Interiors on Cannon Park, added: “The whole industry has completely changed and is advancing so fast you can’t keep up.
“I have very fond memories.”
Do you have any retro technology snaps? Email mieka.smiles@trinitymirror.com
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