I've received so many encouraging emails I've been persuaded to continue my repair service but I'm restricting it to transistor radios from the Fab Fifties, Swinging Sixties and Sexy Seventies, including vintage transistor car radios, together with valve portables and small table radios.
Roberts radios (all models) repaired for £25 plus cost of return post. Price includes all small electronic parts but new vinyl handles £10 extra. Hacker models repaired for the same price. 18v stabilised mains PSU for Hacker models £17 if ordered at the same time as repair.
Fab Sixties pocket trannies, reliable repair £10 (inc parts)+ cost of return postage.
Especially for Volkswagen owners: Blaupunkt dual voltage, dual polarity radios, valve + inverter and fully transistorised versions: cost of repair £35 (+ return post) which includes replacement of all small parts that will have deteriorated over the past forty-odd years.
Miniature valve radios like this American Noblitt & Sparks Mighty Mite welcome.
Full electronic refurbishment of Sony ICF-SW1 is £40 + return post. This includes all small parts except for any special components (very rarely needed). I even throw in a pair of new alkaline AAs. Other models serviced: ICF-SW 7600 (£45), ICF-SW77 (£57), ICF-SW2001 (£45), PRO-80 (£45). Please enquire regarding other makes and models. As with the SW1 repair, all prices include parts and return postage by either Special Delivery or insured parcel service.
Rather than spend hard-earned money on inferior imports it makes both economic and environmental sense to repair your older, better made equipment. Don't worry about it becoming obsolete: there are no plans to discontinue analogue radio broadcasts - and given the problems now becoming obvious with DAB nor will there be in the foreseeable future.
Please feel free to email. I'd like to thank customers past and present for their support.
Links
Retro
Wow. All about life in the UK during the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Suppliers of all manner of
specialist batteries including high-tension batteries for valve
portables.
Whirligig's
'50s radio pages. Don't forget to check out their companion TV
website as well. 
Everything you wanted to know about the best decade of all time - the
1960s
Plenty more material to come as I'm in the process of moving my web content to UK Hosting.