Ode to the electronics shops!

What electronics hobbyist (of a certain age :-) ) didn't grow up with them? The Electronics parts stores that decades ago could be found in every self-respecting city. Walls lined with chests of drawers bearing labels written in pen. Diamond-shaped wooden cabinets containing tube packs of all shapes and sizes. Bins filled with items on sale. Bulging racks with something electronics-related tucked away in every nook and cranny.

It smelled like technology when you walked in there with your meticulously prepared shopping list copied from the Elektuur, Elektor or Radio bulletin. The owner who went through your list at his leisure during his quest through the caverns of his establishment. Proud as a peacock and impatient you left with a paper bag with new parts that had to be tortured with the soldering iron when you got home....

Is miss these stores constructed of brick or concrete. This is one of the reasons I started this webshop, to keep these nostalgic parts on the market. I would like to thank all the owners who once started an electronics parts store for contributing to the passion of many an electronics enthusiast. Especially the last few decades must have been a hard sell to persevere in running the joint in modern times. 

A short list of those who once were:

• ARP Electronics Tilburg
• Bakelaar Julianadorp
• Boonstra Leeuwarden
• DIL Elektronica Rotterdam
• Dertronics Valkenswaard
• Electronica 2000 Amsterdam
• Geresse Den Haag
• Grootaers Elektronica Roermond
• HEC Delft
• Huggers Venray
• Kok Onderdelen Leiden
• Meek-it Den Haag
• Mulders en de Jong Den Bosch
• Nic Jensen Zeist
• Radio BB Rotterdam
• Radio Boogaard Rotterdam
• Radio Bouman Leeuwarden
• Radio Centrum Utrecht
• Radio Contact in Utrecht
• Radio De Bie Deventer
• Radio Dodewaard Wageningen
• Radio Gooiland Hilversum
• Radio Kool Rotterdam
• Radio Lenssen Amsterdam
• Radio Muco Amsterdam
• Radio Piet in Arnhem
• Radio Shack in Gouda
• Radio Soepboer Leeuwarden
• Radio Velt Bussum
• Radiobeurs Breda
• Radiobeurs Louter Dordrecht
• Radiobeurs Rhee Breda
• Repri Amsterdam
• Riton Electronica Heemstede
• RTV Den Haag
• Radion Valkenberg Amsterdam
• Ruytenbeek Den Haag
• SPI Electronics Velserbroek
• Ster Den Haag
• Stuut en Bruin Den Haag
• Telemere Almere
• Theo Moespot Deventer
• Van Hove Amersfoort
• Van der Donk elektronica Culemborg
• Van Embden Rotterdam
• Vogelzang en de Boer Electronica Eindhoven