From John Holmes

Not quite Tech Ops, but memorable nevertheless –

“As far as I know the picture was taken in TC4 about 1962. The names that I have are as follows:-

Front Row :- Dennis Norden, Ettie Tack, Len Michel,Pat Holmes (my first wife), Tom Sloan, Queenie Lipyeat, Albert Stevenson, Richard Afton

Second Row:- Stewart Morris, Sally Askey, Margaret Hepworth, Elizabeth Ennis, Jenny Cowgill, Graeme Muir, Frank Muir, John Street, Duncan Wood.

Third Row:- Ken Milne-Buckley, Barry Lupino, ?, ?, Sheila Macphail, Ronnie Lane, RosemaryMcGuffie, Douglas Moodie.

Fourth Row:- Three members of the typing pool, Isabel Logan, ?, ?, David Askey, Michael Goodwin.

Fifth Row:- Pauline Kay, ?, ?, ?, Colin Farnell, Bob Gilbraith, Judy Loe, Eve Bowness, Syd Lotterby.

Sixth Row:- Muriel Baldwin, Vere Lorimer, Eve Lucas, Bryan Sears, ?, Harry Rabinowitz, EveCowdrey, Sally Adams.

Seventh Row:- Robin Nash, Harry Carlisle, David Croft, Traver Thorneloe, Ronnie Marsh, Bill Gibson, James Gilbert, Ronnie Priest, John Humphries.”

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From Dicky Howett – a request…

WHERE IS IT NOW?

Dicky Howett asks – “The ‘Top Town’ trophy (a Northern precursor of Its a Knockout) seen here in 1956 with BBC producer Barney Colehan, was one of several beautifully crafted hand-built models (no doubt at great expense in the BBC’s mechanical workshops)

But who now ‘holds’ this trophy, which is an exquisite scale-model of a Marconi Mk 3 sitting on an Eclair ‘Crab’.

The full-scale item pictured is my own ex-BBC Manchester Marconi Mk 3 on an ex-BBC Manchester OB’s Eclair ‘Crab’ pedestal. As can be seen, it’s the exact combination of the model. Any information as to the trophy please contact me”.

Dicky Howett
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