Old Mags & Periodicals

Hi all.

Call me old-fashioned if you like. It doesn't bother me, because I am!

For many, many years I answered hundreds of questions from beginners and novices within this particular newsgroup. I now hope that someone out there can help me. I've just been through a very 'messy' divorce case and I've lost every single copy of my treasured Electronic magazines over the past 30 years.

So, could anyone advise me where I might be able to purchase old copies of British electronics hobby magazines, such as ETI (Electronics Today International), EE (Everyday Electronics - now known as EPE - Everyday and Practical Electronics), PE (Practical Electronics), WW (Wireless World), Elektor, Hobby Electronics (the Daughter magazine of ETI many years ago).

If you have copies of these publications you'd be prepared to sell then please let me know via email.

Any information will be gratefully received.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Regards.

The Old Geeza.

One thing you may try is to keep your eyes on ebay. They often sell old magazines of any sort.

Good Luck

Sorry, wish I could help, but I disposed of many hundreds of old mags covering all of those titles a decade ago. The loft was beginning to show the strain!

I think EPE (amongst others) may be able to provide back copies, but for how far back I don't know. The online site is at

and the email address for such queries is snipped-for-privacy@epemag.wimborne.co.uk

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Terry Pinnell
Hobbyist, West Sussex, UK

Chevet in Blackpool deals in old electronics magazines :

Thanks, Terry.

Ain't that just the way it goes - eh?

Seems we all get rid of what we think is 'junk' or 'rubbish' at some time or other. Only to realise years later that maybe it would be useful to us!

There is a saying in this world...

Rubbish is something you hang on to for 25 years, then throw away the week before you need it!

How true!

Thanks anyway.

Cheers, Andrew.

I'll give them a try, but I'm not holding my breathe.

Nevertheless, thanks for the info.

Regards.

The Old Geeza

For Elektor Electronics magazine, try the Forum on their website at

They have a special section for their old books and magazines, you might just be lucky there. In a recent issue a chap was offering 200+ Elektor magazines for collection. I also noticed Junior computer books for sale.

regards Richard

Have you tried asking local hams? Most of us are packrats and I haven't been to a hamfest yet that didn't have a bunch of back issues of electronics/radio mags waiting to be dragged off. In some cases, if you express an interest, the owner will be glad to let you have them for free if you just take them off of his hands.