Category Archives: Evesham

Transport, PAWN and Wood Norton Hall

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Alec Bray

GWR Hall Class Names Alec Bray Anyone who went to Wood Norton up to the mid-sixties and who travelled to Evesham by rail would have come across former Great Western locomotives. The Great Western – and British Rail Western Region … Continue reading →

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Nation shall speak at PPM 4 unto Nation

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Alec Bray

John Howell … found a book: “Sound And Television Broadcasting General Principles” by K R Sturley, pub. 1961 Pat Heigham Was that the famous Sturley – the Camp Commandant of Evesham? He had me in to his office to tell … Continue reading →

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Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Alec Bray

Background A Christmas Tree sticker on someone’s BBC personal file was supposed to indicate that that person was a pinko, leftie, commie, and query Soviet spy … John Howell, Alex Thomas, Geoff Fletcher,  Albert Barber, Roger Bunce, Tony Scott … … Continue reading →

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Evesham course pictures, and other various things

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bernard Newnham

Nick Lake sent the course picture for TO26  (click for big) – …and Mike du Boulay sent TO16 – Nick also sent a Softly Softly Task Force group picture from 1974 – Nick says that  “…. this is  TC4 and, as … Continue reading →

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TO25

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Bernard Newnham

If you wanted to work in television back in what turned out to be the golden age of British TV, you generally had to get trained at the BBC. If you wanted to be a cameraman – the sixties equivalent … Continue reading →

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Fred Johnson’s Photo Collection

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Bernard Newnham

Fred says – “I worked at TVC for only a short period – 1994-95 (News Operations, Tech. Op., under Colin Clode) and 1997-98 (BBC Broadcast, Trainee Pres. Op). I also worked at Central in Birmingham and Anglia in Norwich, in … Continue reading →

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