Bush is a British consumer electronics brand owned by Home Retail Group, and is one of the most famous names on early British radios. Its sister brand is Alba. Today, all Bush and Alba products are sold exclusively at Argos. The company was founded in 1932 as Bush Radio, from the remains of the Graham Amplion company that made horn loudspeakers, as a subsidiary of the Gaumont British Picture Corporation. The brand name comes from their Shepherd's Bush studios. The company expanded rapidly moving to a new factory at Power Road, Chiswick in 1936. Bush became part of the Rank empire in 1945 and a brand new factory was opened at Ernesettle, Plymouth in 1949. In 1950 the popular DAC90A and DAC10 radios were launched, along with the distinctive TV22 television. The Bush TR82 transistor radio, designed by Ogle Design, and launched in 1959, is regarded as an icon of early radio design. Although the first radio to use the Ogle cabinet design was actually the MB60, a battery/mains valve set from...