Who was it that said that was it Sid or Dick? I'm sure it was one of them
when they were writing for Morecombe and Wise. Apparently the BBC did not
have a sense of humour at the time.
Brian

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In article <ua01mu$279a0$1@dont-email.me>,
Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> Who was it that said that was it Sid or Dick? I'm sure it was one of
> them when they were writing for Morecombe and Wise. Apparently the BBC
> did not have a sense of humour at the time.
> Brian

But, for real, there was:

British Bacon Company (in Swindon)

Barking Brassware Co

Borough of Brentford and Chiswick

Barnes Borough Council

and out of the UK: Brown, Boverie & Cie (which is why the BBC Micro had to
become the British Broadcasing Corporation Microcomputer when sold outside
the UK).

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On Fri, 28 Jul 23 10:00:03 UTC, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> wrote:

>> Who was it that said that was it Sid or Dick? I'm sure it was one of
>> them when they were writing for Morecombe and Wise. Apparently the BBC
>> did not have a sense of humour at the time.
>> Brian
>
> But, for real, there was:
>
> British Bacon Company (in Swindon)
>
> Barking Brassware Co
>
> Borough of Brentford and Chiswick
>
> Barnes Borough Council

Bristol Bathroom Company was a thing too. Long since defunct.

In message <5acafe0847charles@candehope.me.uk> at Fri, 28 Jul 2023
10:00:03, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> writes
>In article <ua01mu$279a0$1@dont-email.me>,
> Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Who was it that said that was it Sid or Dick? I'm sure it was one of
>> them when they were writing for Morecombe and Wise. Apparently the BBC
>> did not have a sense of humour at the time.
>> Brian
>
>But, for real, there was:
>
>British Bacon Company (in Swindon)
>
>Barking Brassware Co
>
>Borough of Brentford and Chiswick
>
>Barnes Borough Council
>
>and out of the UK: Brown, Boverie & Cie (which is why the BBC Micro had to
>become the British Broadcasing Corporation Microcomputer when sold outside
>the UK).
>
Yes, that last made mostly white goods (fridges and the like) in Germany
in the '70s. Labelled, indeed, BBC.
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firearms. - Sigourney (Susan) Weaver, RT 2017/11/4-10

I don't see how it affected the sale of bbc micros, as they were all made by
Acorn, and BBC a and BBC B were just model numbers.
Brian

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"Paul Ratcliffe" <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 28 Jul 23 10:00:03 UTC, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>> Who was it that said that was it Sid or Dick? I'm sure it was one of
>>> them when they were writing for Morecombe and Wise. Apparently the BBC
>>> did not have a sense of humour at the time.
>>> Brian
>>
>> But, for real, there was:
>>
>> British Bacon Company (in Swindon)
>>
>> Barking Brassware Co
>>
>> Borough of Brentford and Chiswick
>>
>> Barnes Borough Council
>
> Bristol Bathroom Company was a thing too. Long since defunct.

So what about LBC. I notice lots of creative meanings have been used now
its a country wide station.
Leading Britains, Conversation now, but it also used to be known as London
Brick Company by the masses.
Brian

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"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <5acafe0847charles@candehope.me.uk> at Fri, 28 Jul 2023
> 10:00:03, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> writes
>>In article <ua01mu$279a0$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Who was it that said that was it Sid or Dick? I'm sure it was one of
>>> them when they were writing for Morecombe and Wise. Apparently the BBC
>>> did not have a sense of humour at the time.
>>> Brian
>>
>>But, for real, there was:
>>
>>British Bacon Company (in Swindon)
>>
>>Barking Brassware Co
>>
>>Borough of Brentford and Chiswick
>>
>>Barnes Borough Council
>>
>>and out of the UK: Brown, Boverie & Cie (which is why the BBC Micro had to
>>become the British Broadcasing Corporation Microcomputer when sold outside
>>the UK).
>>
> Yes, that last made mostly white goods (fridges and the like) in Germany
> in the '70s. Labelled, indeed, BBC.
> --
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
>
> I admire you British: when things get tough, you reach for humour. Not
> firearms. - Sigourney (Susan) Weaver, RT 2017/11/4-10

They were a BBC concept which Acorn were licenced to build. The name BBC
was part of the design.

In article <ua2ssd$2jtjd$1@dont-email.me>,
Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't see how it affected the sale of bbc micros, as they were all made
> by Acorn, and BBC a and BBC B were just model numbers.
> Brian

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J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

> In message <5acafe0847charles@candehope.me.uk> at Fri, 28 Jul 2023
> 10:00:03, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> writes
> >In article <ua01mu$279a0$1@dont-email.me>,
> > Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Who was it that said that was it Sid or Dick? I'm sure it was one of
> >> them when they were writing for Morecombe and Wise. Apparently the BBC
> >> did not have a sense of humour at the time.
> >> Brian
> >
> >But, for real, there was:
> >
> >British Bacon Company (in Swindon)
> >
> >Barking Brassware Co
> >
> >Borough of Brentford and Chiswick
> >
> >Barnes Borough Council
> >
> >and out of the UK: Brown, Boverie & Cie (which is why the BBC Micro had to
> >become the British Broadcasing Corporation Microcomputer when sold outside
> >the UK).
> >
> Yes, that last made mostly white goods (fridges and the like) in Germany
> in the '70s. Labelled, indeed, BBC.

They make (or made) a lot more than that: Railway locomotives, mercury
arc rectifiers, sub station transformers, heavy engineering of all kinds
and clandestine radio equipment.

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On Sat 29/07/2023 14:49, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>
>> In message <5acafe0847charles@candehope.me.uk> at Fri, 28 Jul 2023
>> 10:00:03, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> writes
>>> In article <ua01mu$279a0$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Who was it that said that was it Sid or Dick? I'm sure it was one of
>>>> them when they were writing for Morecombe and Wise. Apparently the BBC
>>>> did not have a sense of humour at the time.
>>>> Brian
>>>
>>> But, for real, there was:
>>>
>>> British Bacon Company (in Swindon)
>>>
>>> Barking Brassware Co
>>>
>>> Borough of Brentford and Chiswick
>>>
>>> Barnes Borough Council
>>>
>>> and out of the UK: Brown, Boverie & Cie (which is why the BBC Micro had to
>>> become the British Broadcasing Corporation Microcomputer when sold outside
>>> the UK).
>>>
>> Yes, that last made mostly white goods (fridges and the like) in Germany
>> in the '70s. Labelled, indeed, BBC.
>
> They make (or made) a lot more than that: Railway locomotives, mercury
> arc rectifiers, sub station transformers, heavy engineering of all kinds
> and clandestine radio equipment.
>
ABB which they later became made even more - including broadband
6/7/10/11/13GHz links that carried much of the UK television and VHF
sound distribution before the onset of fibre.

On 29/07/2023 16:40, Woody wrote:
> ABB which they later became made even more - including broadband
> 6/7/10/11/13GHz links that carried much of the UK television and VHF
> sound distribution before the onset of fibre.

I think Brown Boveri were very like English Electric, AEI, GEC,
MetroVicks with involvement in many areas all over the world in many
industries.

Presumably Acorn just did not want to have make detailed checks on the
use of the "BBC" name in every country with the possibility of legal
problems with a very big company, with deep pockets and lots of lawyers!

In message <ua3bsj$2l9i2$1@dont-email.me> at Sat, 29 Jul 2023 16:40:02,
Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> writes
>On Sat 29/07/2023 14:49, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> In message <5acafe0847charles@candehope.me.uk> at Fri, 28 Jul 2023
>>> 10:00:03, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> writes
[]
>>>> and out of the UK: Brown, Boverie & Cie (which is why the BBC Micro had to
>>>> become the British Broadcasing Corporation Microcomputer when sold outside
>>>> the UK).
>>>>
>>> Yes, that last made mostly white goods (fridges and the like) in Germany
>>> in the '70s. Labelled, indeed, BBC.
>> They make (or made) a lot more than that: Railway locomotives,
>>mercury
>> arc rectifiers, sub station transformers, heavy engineering of all kinds
>> and clandestine radio equipment.

I was just mentioning what the ordinary family encountered! (Saw the
'fridges etc. in department stores.)
>>
>ABB which they later became made even more - including broadband
>6/7/10/11/13GHz links that carried much of the UK television and VHF
>sound distribution before the onset of fibre.
>
Ah, wonder if, with moving into that field, the change of name _was_ to
avoid confusion with the BBC. (Presumably the BB remained Brown Boveri -
what was the A?)
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takes a spanner. - David Butcher (on Guy Martin), RT 2015/1/31-2/6

In message <ua3e43$2lhng$1@dont-email.me> at Sat, 29 Jul 2023 17:18:10,
MB <MB@nospam.net> writes
>On 29/07/2023 16:40, Woody wrote:
>> ABB which they later became made even more - including broadband
>>6/7/10/11/13GHz links that carried much of the UK television and VHF
>>sound distribution before the onset of fibre.
>
>
>I think Brown Boveri were very like English Electric, AEI, GEC,
>MetroVicks with involvement in many areas all over the world in many
>industries.
[]
I occasionally found GEC getting confused with GE. (GE retained - I
think they still use it - their original flowery font; GEC kept changing
theirs.)
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takes a spanner. - David Butcher (on Guy Martin), RT 2015/1/31-2/6

In article <gph+yeOLZWxkFwly@255soft.uk>, J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
wrote:
> In message <ua3bsj$2l9i2$1@dont-email.me> at Sat, 29 Jul 2023 16:40:02,
> Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> writes
> >On Sat 29/07/2023 14:49, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
> >> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> In message <5acafe0847charles@candehope.me.uk> at Fri, 28 Jul 2023
> >>> 10:00:03, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> writes
> []
> >>>> and out of the UK: Brown, Boverie & Cie (which is why the BBC Micro
> >>>> had to become the British Broadcasing Corporation Microcomputer when
> >>>> sold outside the UK).
> >>>>
> >>> Yes, that last made mostly white goods (fridges and the like) in
> >>> Germany in the '70s. Labelled, indeed, BBC.
> >> They make (or made) a lot more than that: Railway locomotives,
> >>mercury arc rectifiers, sub station transformers, heavy engineering of
> >>all kinds and clandestine radio equipment.

> I was just mentioning what the ordinary family encountered! (Saw the
> 'fridges etc. in department stores.)
> >>
> >ABB which they later became made even more - including broadband
> >6/7/10/11/13GHz links that carried much of the UK television and VHF
> >sound distribution before the onset of fibre.
> >
> Ah, wonder if, with moving into that field, the change of name _was_ to
> avoid confusion with the BBC. (Presumably the BB remained Brown Boveri -
> what was the A?)

That came from the merger with ASEA a Swedish company in the same field.

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On 29/07/2023 12:23, Brian Gaff wrote:

> I don't see how it affected the sale of bbc micros, as they were all made by
> Acorn, and BBC a and BBC B were just model numbers.

They had to rename it (using the full name rather than the abbreviation)
when a Swiss company with the same abbreviation objected.

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charles wrote:

> In article <ua01mu$279a0$1@dont-email.me>,
> Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Who was it that said that was it Sid or Dick? I'm sure it was one
> > of them when they were writing for Morecombe and Wise. Apparently
> > the BBC did not have a sense of humour at the time.
> > Brian
>
> But, for real, there was:
>
> British Bacon Company (in Swindon)
>
> Barking Brassware Co
>
> Borough of Brentford and Chiswick
>
> Barnes Borough Council
>
> and out of the UK: Brown, Boverie & Cie (which is why the BBC Micro
> had to become the British Broadcasing Corporation Microcomputer when
> sold outside the UK).

I've known it as the Broken Biscuit Company!

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In message <kiru1qFfblrU1@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 1 Aug 2023
08:28:42, Ashley Booth <removetab@snglinks.com> writes
>charles wrote:
>
>> In article <ua01mu$279a0$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Who was it that said that was it Sid or Dick? I'm sure it was one
>> > of them when they were writing for Morecombe and Wise. Apparently
>> > the BBC did not have a sense of humour at the time.
>> > Brian
>>
>> But, for real, there was:
>>
>> British Bacon Company (in Swindon)
>>
>> Barking Brassware Co
>>
>> Borough of Brentford and Chiswick
>>
>> Barnes Borough Council
>>
>> and out of the UK: Brown, Boverie & Cie (which is why the BBC Micro
>> had to become the British Broadcasing Corporation Microcomputer when
>> sold outside the UK).
>
>I've known it as the Broken Biscuit Company!
>
I'm pretty sure there was a kids' prog. of that name; IIRR, the theme
tune for it was on my Radiophonic Workshop LP (as having been created by
one of those who worked there), though I don't remember the prog. itself
(before my time perhaps, or on while I was out of the country
[~1966-'71]).
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On Tuesday, 1 August 2023 at 09:28:46 UTC+1, Ashley Booth wrote:

> I've known it as the Broken Biscuit Company!

Years ago you could see a small hut from the train when passing through Bawtry. On it in big white letters was BBC.
https://yourbawp.co.uk/activity/bawtry-bowling-club/
Bill