The Year Neon Jammed Britain’s Radios
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When Neon Crashed the Airwaves
It might seem almost comic now: in June 1939, just months before Britain plunged into war, MPs in Westminster were arguing about neon signs.
Gallacher, never one to mince words, rose to challenge the government. How many complaints had rolled in about wireless sets being ruined by neon signage?
The reply turned heads: roughly one thousand cases logged in a single year.
Imagine it: ordinary families huddled around a crackling set, desperate for dance music or speeches from the King, only to hear static and buzzing from the local cinema’s neon sign.
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.
In plain English: no fix any time soon.
Gallacher pressed harder. He said listeners were getting a raw deal.
Another MP raised the stakes. What about the Central Electricity Board and their high-tension cables?
Tryon deflected, admitting it made the matter "difficult" but offering no real solution.
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Looking back now, this debate is almost poetic. In 1939 neon was the villain of the airwaves.
Fast forward to today and it’s the opposite story: the menace of 1939 is now the endangered beauty of 2025.
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What does it tell us?
Neon has never been neutral. It’s always pitted artisans against technology.
In 1939 it was seen as dangerous noise.
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The Smithers View. When we look at that 1939 Hansard record, we don’t just see dusty MPs moaning about static.
So, festival lighting London yes, old is gold. And it always will.
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Ignore the buzzwords of "LED neon". Real neon has been debated in Parliament for nearly a century.
If neon got MPs shouting in 1939, it deserves a place in your space today.
Choose the real thing.
Smithers has it.
---
It might seem almost comic now: in June 1939, just months before Britain plunged into war, MPs in Westminster were arguing about neon signs.
Gallacher, never one to mince words, rose to challenge the government. How many complaints had rolled in about wireless sets being ruined by neon signage?
The reply turned heads: roughly one thousand cases logged in a single year.
Imagine it: ordinary families huddled around a crackling set, desperate for dance music or speeches from the King, only to hear static and buzzing from the local cinema’s neon sign.
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.
In plain English: no fix any time soon.
Gallacher pressed harder. He said listeners were getting a raw deal.
Another MP raised the stakes. What about the Central Electricity Board and their high-tension cables?
Tryon deflected, admitting it made the matter "difficult" but offering no real solution.
---
Looking back now, this debate is almost poetic. In 1939 neon was the villain of the airwaves.
Fast forward to today and it’s the opposite story: the menace of 1939 is now the endangered beauty of 2025.
---
What does it tell us?
Neon has never been neutral. It’s always pitted artisans against technology.
In 1939 it was seen as dangerous noise.
---
The Smithers View. When we look at that 1939 Hansard record, we don’t just see dusty MPs moaning about static.
So, festival lighting London yes, old is gold. And it always will.
---
Ignore the buzzwords of "LED neon". Real neon has been debated in Parliament for nearly a century.
If neon got MPs shouting in 1939, it deserves a place in your space today.
Choose the real thing.
Smithers has it.
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