from Gordon Waters

Alexandra Palace Shift 2 1948

This was Alexandra Palace Shift 2 in 1948

Back Row L to R
Unknown, unknown, Norman Greaves, Bill Scott, Bob Grey, ? Bellinger, Ron Pottinger, Graham Southcott, “EGG” Everest, Bernard Fox, Cedric Ash, Bill Cheevers, Gordon Waters, A.D.D. Strathairn (Jock), Paddy Rigg, Ken Twitchen, Peter Friese-Greene, John Summers

Middle Row
Joan Skillicorn, Rachel Blaney, Audrey Starret, Elsie Gaskel, Isabel Strachan, Frank Cresswell

Front Row
Ted Langley, Henry Whiting, Unknown, Ken Mcready, Richard Meakin, Unknown, George Summers, Tommy Holmes, – Dugall, Fred Alexander, Stan Morcombe, ? Millington

(some of these people were legends when I joined – it’s good to put faces to names – B.)

Gordon says – “This photo was taken around 1950….

Clive Rawes, a studio Manager, appeared one day complete with beard. In those days that was a rarity, so the engineers tried to take the mickey out of him . We collectively approached wardrobe and borrowed beard. Clive took the rag in good part .

Behind Mary Malcolm [L to R ] is yours truly – Gordon Waters, ? Bellringer, Clive Rawes, Jock Strathairn , Peter Murray, Geoff Parrot .”

“My farewell pint with my staff September 1952 .
Reading left to right:- Ivor Smith, Gordon Waters, Dickie Meakin, Bob Jones, Ron Whately, Ian Andrews, Frank Janes, Forgotten, Forgotten, Fred Alexander, Fred Bateman, Tony Cheal, Derek Lucas. In the foreground: ? Phillips, of P and I Dept.
Picture taken outside the “DIVE” at AP .

“WC Pafford, pre war WW2, SME Maintenance.
During the war Paff was EIC Alexandra Palace, in charge of transmitting interfering signals to distort the German radio beams guiding the German bombers.”

“My good friend Ron Pottinger”

“The late Frank Creswell, a highly respected cameraman”

“The trio is left to right Geoff Salter,Tony Cheal and Ian Andrews, all of Central Telecine at AP when I left to emigrate to Canada in 1952.”

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from Tony Crake

STO Course April-May 1971

This is the STO Course in April May 1971

Back row L-R
1. Doug Puddifoot 2. John Richards 3. Dan Dan ( the cameraman! ) Scala 4. John Smith

Middle row
1. Gerry Ellis 2. John Ford ) 3. Paul Graydon 4. bod from Wales ( name forgotten ) 5. Derek Martin ( who went to Sports Dept, but last time I met him in 1993 in Norway was working for Reuters ) 6.( poss ???? another bod from Wales! ) 7. Angus Plowman

Front Row
1. Barry Bonner – 2. (poss a vision control bod ??? 3. John Couzens ( is that the John Couzens who often is credited on Top Gear??? ) 4. Tony Crake 5. John Dailley 6. Joe Driver 7. Chris Eames