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1939’s Strange Neon vs Wireless Battle

Looking back, it feels surreal: while Europe braced for Hitler’s advance, MPs in Westminster were arguing about neon signs.

Gallacher, never one to mince words, stood up and asked the Postmaster-General a peculiar but pressing question. Was Britain’s brand-new glow tech ruining the nation’s favourite pastime – radio?

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

Picture it: listeners straining to catch news bulletins, drowned out by the hum of glowing adverts on the high street.

Major Tryon confessed the problem was real. But here’s the rub: there was no law compelling interference suppression.

He promised consultations were underway, but stressed that the problem was "complex".

In plain English: no fix any time soon.

Gallacher shot back. He pushed for urgency: speed it up, Minister, people want results.

Mr. Poole piled in too. What about the Central Electricity Board and their high-tension cables?

The Minister squirmed, saying yes, cables were part of the mess, which only complicated things further.

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Looking back now, this debate is almost poetic. Neon was once painted as the noisy disruptor.

Fast forward to today and it’s the opposite story: the once-feared glow is now the heritage art form begging for protection.

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What does it tell us?

First: bespoke neon signs in London has always rattled cages. It’s always forced society to decide what kind of light it wants.

In 1939 it was seen as dangerous noise.

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Our take at Smithers. When we look at that 1939 Hansard record, we don’t just see dusty MPs moaning about static.

That old debate shows neon has always mattered. And that’s why we keep bending glass and filling it with gas today.

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Forget the fake LED strips. Real neon has been debated in Parliament for nearly a century.

If neon could jam the nation’s radios in 1939, it can sure as hell light your lounge, office, or storefront in 2025.

Choose the real thing.

You need it.

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