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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England by sys_64738 on Monday January 18, 2021 @07:24PM (#25828455)
When you bought a new TV or video recorder then you used to have to supply your name and address. The selling business had to provide that info to the TV Licensing body by law. This was the mid-90s so it might have changed.

I remember paying 300 quid for a VCR and giving them a fake name and address before leaving with my JVC under my arm.

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Re:TV detector vans once prowled the streets of England by new299 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:22AM (#25831127)
Not since 2013 it seems:

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/business...

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