Roberts Radio

Roberts is a consumer electronics limited company based in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England. It has been producing radios for over 80 years. Initially the company only traded in the United Kingdom, but now exports worldwide. The company has been granted three Royal warrants in its own right, and one via the purchase of Dynatron Radio Ltd, in 1981. For many years the company's products were the only radios permitted in UK prisons (mainly because their cases could be easily opened to check for contraband). The Rambler of 1975 MW/LW-only models were designed for this market. The first models featured a distinctive Aladdin's lamp fretwork loudspeaker grille, but by the late 1930s the company had settled on an upright box shape set...