August -speaker, looking for info

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   Hello! 
My friend has an old speaker, with the brand ”August, London, England”. We have tried to find info on the speaker with no luck. Does anyone have any idea about the origins of this speaker? Here’s the link to a picture w. logo of the speaker: 

 https://www.drop.com/s/zxm30f9ju7l03xa/Photo%204.1.2021%2C%2015.41.10.jpg?dl=0 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/zxm30f9ju7l03xa/Photo%204.1.2021%2C%2015.41.10.jpg?dl=0

Thanks!

Best
Jussi Miettola
Helsinki, Finland

p.s. The forum posted my link weirdly, with two of them. Editing didn’t correct the problem..

Edited by jmiettola - 05 January 2021 at 7:50am

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jmiettola Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 05 January 2021 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote jmiettola Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: August -speaker, looking for info Posted: 05 January 2021 at 7:45am
	Hello! My friend has an old speaker, with the brand ”August, London, England”. We have tried to find info on the speaker with no luck. Does anyone have any idea about the origins of this speaker? Here’s the link to a picture w. logo of the speaker: https://www.drop.com/s/zxm30f9ju7l03xa/Photo%204.1.2021%2C%2015.41.10.jpg?dl=0 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/zxm30f9ju7l03xa/Photo%204.1.2021%2C%2015.41.10.jpg?dl=0 Thanks! Best Jussi Miettola Helsinki, Finland p.s. The forum posted my link weirdly, with two of them. Editing didn’t correct the problem.. Edited by jmiettola - 05 January 2021 at 7:50am

knet94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 31 March 2008 Location: NW London Status: Offline Points: 1427	Post Options Post Reply Quote knet94 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 January 2021 at 12:43pm
	Link is not working. I'm curious because we used to own a pair of August bins back in 1985. They were w-bins if my memory serves me well. Unfortunately made of chip board and basically disintegrated on us.

APW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 13 November 2012 Location: Kent, UK Status: Offline Points: 1003	Post Options Post Reply Quote APW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 January 2021 at 1:49pm
	https://www.dropbox.com/s/zxm30f9ju7l03xa/Photo%204.1.2021%2C%2015.41.10.jpg?dl=0

jmiettola Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 05 January 2021 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote jmiettola Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 January 2021 at 2:47pm
	Thanks for posting a working link! Edited by jmiettola - 05 January 2021 at 2:49pm

APW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 13 November 2012 Location: Kent, UK Status: Offline Points: 1003	Post Options Post Reply Quote APW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 January 2021 at 2:49pm
	No problem!!

BJtheDJ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 28 November 2012 Location: Bristol Status: Offline Points: 767	Post Options Post Reply Quote BJtheDJ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 January 2021 at 4:05pm
	August was a later branding of Simms-Watts. When they switched their 'Musical Bargain Centre' from South Ealing Road (in Ealing W5 believe it or not) to The Grove in Ealing, they launched their August range. I remember that I had one of their disco consoles back in the early-mid 70s, complete wih SP25 decks and touch cueing, rather than pressing a button, on the August mixer, Run by Dave Simms and the shop manager was Chris, who I believe went to on to co-found CP Cases and (misty memory here) was something to do with Mega as well.
	If your vaccinations were mandatory and nobody in your class had measles, then you know that you're not a Millenial kid.

jmiettola Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 05 January 2021 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote jmiettola Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 January 2021 at 6:21pm
	Thanks for the info BJtheDJ!