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New Pages May 2024

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Paul Thackray

Blue Peter from 1963Crew IdentifiersKevin WhiteDave Buckley – Life StoryElstree Open Days (Up Dates)  

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Elstree Open Days

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Paul Thackray

Dave Buckley Some photos of TV Training setting up in the Music studio for one of the Elstree open days, where TV Training had a ‘fly like Superman’ display where the public could have their ‘flight’ recorded onto a short … Continue reading →

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Terry Heath’s Intertel History – part 1

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Alec Bray

The Birth and Pioneering days of the Television Facilities Industry Terry Heath with sincere acknowledgements for their valuable contributions to My thanks also to the many who were to follow the first dozen or so at InterTel’s infancy, for each … Continue reading →

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Topics 7 Summer 2022

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Alec Bray

  Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee What a joyous delight to see Paddington Bear at tea with the Queen – and eating marmalade sandwiches. There was a rumour that the Queen herself was to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress … Continue reading →

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Boomcam

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Bernard Newnham

A long long time ago, in 1975, this story began. It was documented on pages 147 then 164 of the old site, and is still there. The only problem is that the videos and captions at that time were all … Continue reading →

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TV Camera Training and Ron Green

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Bernard Newnham

from John Barlow John send these from the days when he was Head of Cameras The first is Ron Green on the front of a Mole crane crewed by trainees, doing a tricky run round a piano – the sort … Continue reading →

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