Ferguson Videostar... pre-remote control days.. big chunky buttons and you had to force down the play, record and pause once you'd mastered the timer (which my parents let me do... ugh!)
Stonking great big tv in the corner balanced precariously on MFI constructed 'tv stand'... lol.. how that thing never fell I'll never know!
TV was a bloomin' great big Radio Rental thing... can't remember the make now...
I *do* remember us being the only family at church that had a video machine and yeah...*hangs head* we had the bible study group around a few times to watch religious videos (Ok, 'Chariots of Fire' and 'Joni' to name but 2...) and yeah, those days are LONG over!!!
My first blank video tape cost me £5 from the local chemist... back then, they were expensive and only a few shops could sell them......