MULLARD OUTLOOK

From September 1950, the valve manufacturer Mullard began distributing a monthly eight-page booklet to its distributers and the general radio and television retailers.

The 4-page orange section was the "Commercial" section, spotlighting dealers and representatives, news from the shows as well as publicising available advertising literature ... oh, and mentioning their high speed valve tester at every possible opertunity!

The four-page green "For the Service Department" section was a much more interesting - ant technical - section. The latest valves were described, example circuits given, whilst topics such as valve and C.R.T. manufacturing presented as mini-series spread over many months. Oh, and metions the flaming high speed valve tester too !

In a great piece of sales/techie equality, each month the outer pages alternated between the commercial (orange) and techie (green) sections. Either way, the front cover always contained a great photograph of something releated to Mullard's business, frequently shots of various manufacturing processes though the first three editions feature dolly-bird "chicks" (no doubt to chosen to appeal to the then male dominated sales and techie departments).

Each of the early volumes seems to sparodically miss some months. Was that due to the industrial climate - strikes? - or was it just that nothing in particular had happened that month that involved their high speed valve tester ?

The front covers are illustrated below, and some link to larger views which include a download for that issue as a PDF file. There is also a link to a list of contents.

Volume 1 : September 1950 - September 1951

Vol. 1 No.1 Sep50	Vol. 1 No.2 Oct50	Vol. 1 No.3 Nov50	Vol. 1 No.4 Dec50	Vol. 1 No.5 Jan51
Vol. 1 No.6 Feb51	Vol. 1 No.7 Mar51	Vol. 1 No.8 Apr51	Vol. 1 No.9 Jun51	Vol. 1 No.10 Jul51

Vol. 1 No.11 Aug51

Vol. 1 No.12 Sep51

Note : there was no May 1951 edition

Volume 2 - October 1951 - October 1952

No.1 - Oct51	No.2 - Nov51	No.3 - Dec51	No.4 - Jan52	No.5 - Feb52
No.6 - Mar51	No.7 - Apr52	No.8 - May52	No.9 - Jun52	No.10 - Aug52

No.11 - Sep52

No.12 - Oct52

Note : there was no July 1952 edition

Volume 3 - November 1952 - ? 1953

No.1 - Nov52	No.2 - Dec52	No.3 - Jan53	No.4 - Feb53	No.5 - Apr53
No.6 - May53	No.7 - Jul53	No.8 - Aug53	No.9 - Sep53	No.10 - Oct53

No.11 - Dec53

No.12 - Jan54

Note : there was no March, June or November 1953 edition

Volume 4 - February 1954 - May 1955

No.1 - Feb54	No.2 - Mar54	No.3 - Apr54	No.4 - May54	No.5
	No.7 - Dec54	No.8 - Jan55	No.9 - Feb55	No.10 - Mar55

No.11 - Apr55

No.12 - May55

Volume 5 : June 1955 -May 1956

No.1 - Jun55	No.2 - Jul55	No.3 - Aug55	No.4 - Sep55	No.5 - Oct55
No.6 - Nov55	No.7 -Dec55	No.8 - Jan56	No.9 - Feb56	No.10 - Mar56

No.11 - Apr56

No.12 - May56

Volume 6 - June 1956 - May 1957

No.1 - Jun56	No.2 - Jul56	No.3 - Aug56	No.4 - Sep56	No.5 - Oct56
No.6 - Nov56	No.7 - Dec56	No.8 - Jan57	No.9 - Feb57	No.10 - Mar57

No.11 - Apr57

No.12 - May57

Volume 7 - June 1957 - May 1958

No.1 - Jun57	No.2 - Jul57	No.3 - Aug57¤	No.4 - Sep57	No.5 - Oct57
No.6 - Nov57	No.7 - Dec57	No.8 - Jan58	No.9 - Feb58	No.10 - Mar58

No.11 - Apr58

No.12 - May58

Volume 8 : June 1958 - May 1959

	No.2 - Jul58
			No.9 - Feb59

No.11 - Apr59

No.12 - May59

Volume 9 : June 1959 -

No.1 - Jun59	No.2 - Jul59	No.3 - Aug59¤	No.4 - Sep59	No.5 - Oct59
No.6 - Nov59	No.7 - Dec59	No.8 - Jan59	No.9 - Feb59

Volume 10

Volume 11

Volume 12