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Category Archives: Stories
The Vinten Heron
The Vinten Heron was a camera crane built to a BBC spec in the early sixties. It was in regular use till the early eighties, and probably did a large part of its work on Top of the Pops. The … Continue reading →
The Vinten Peregrine – Stories 6
The Vinten Peregrine Page This has become a growing project since Roger Francis sent me the drawings further down the page. The Vinten Peregrine was a failed experiment in camera crane technology. Designed to a BBC spec, it was delivered … Continue reading →
John Summers – My Working Life
My Working Life by John Summers I was born on 25th October 1925. I lived in Carshalton, Surrey, with my Mum and Dad, who was a hotel manager, and elder brothers George and Ron. After infants and primary school education … Continue reading →
Stories 3
From Patrick Heigham Memories of Gram operating in the sixties I became a Gram Op in order to be able to park. No kidding! In the days before the BBC multi-story, (and I left before the builders’ cleavage had reached … Continue reading →
Stories 2
Some of my personal stories The Young Generation were Stewart Morris’s dance group. They backed anybody who happened to be the featured artist for this months series (I wonder why?), and even had a series of their own. Nigel Lithgow … Continue reading →
Stories 1
From Me One of the first moon rocks, from Apollo 11, was brought to TC7 during the Apollo 12 mission, to be seen on British tv for the first time. It arrived with great ceremony guarded by 2 security men, … Continue reading →
