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When Radio Met Neon in Parliament  <br><br>It might seem almost comic now: in June 1939, just months before Britain plunged into war, the House of Commons was debating glowing shopfronts.  <br><br>Mr. Gallacher, an MP with a sharp tongue, demanded answers from the Postmaster-General. Were [http://www.idksoft.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=free&wr_id=4588253 Neon Craft House London] installations scrambling the airwaves?  <br><br>The answer was astonishing for the time: around a thousand complaints in 1938 alone.  <br><br>Picture it:  vintage neon signs London 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.  <br><br>Postmaster-General Major Tryon admitted the scale of the headache. But here’s the rub: shopkeepers could volunteer to add suppression devices, but they couldn’t be forced.  <br><br>He spoke of a possible new Wireless Telegraphy Bill, but admitted consultations would take "some time".  <br><br>Which meant: more static for listeners.  <br><br>The MP wasn’t satisfied. People were paying licence fees, he argued, and they deserved a clear signal.  <br><br>From the backbenches came another jab. Wasn’t the state itself one of the worst offenders?  <br><br>The Postmaster-General ducked the blow, saying yes, cables were part of the mess, which only complicated things further.  <br><br>---  <br><br>Looking back now, this debate is almost poetic. Neon was once painted as the noisy disruptor.  <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>So what’s the takeaway?  <br><br>Neon has never been neutral. It’s always pitted artisans against technology.  <br><br>In 1939 it was seen as dangerous noise.  <br><br>---  <br><br>Here’s the kicker. When we look at that 1939 Hansard record, we don’t just see dusty MPs moaning about static.  <br><br>So, yes, old is gold. And it still does.  <br><br>---  <br><br>Ignore the buzzwords of "LED neon". Glass and gas are the original and the best.  <br><br>If neon got MPs shouting in 1939, it deserves a place in your space today.  <br><br>Choose glow.  <br><br>Smithers has it.  <br><br>---