wrote:
I came across this old photograph I had taken of the TV screen circa
1954 or 55 (probably February 1955)

http://www.itadvice.co.uk/weatherjack/TV-fcst-1955.jpg

It is reassuring just how much clearer the graphics are today (???!!!)

The presenter (arms waving) looks remarkable like today's Desperate Dan
- his grandfather perhaps?

Jack

50 years later and advancing technology has got rid of the pressure
chart and given us a weather experience instead.... what's the
crosshatching, fog, rain??

Les
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Les Crossan,
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