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TVT Visit 30-01-2018

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Bernard Newnham

Bernie Newnham We were invited to visit the newly refurbished Shepherd’s Bush Empire, known to us as the Television Theatre.  Lots of us worked there over the years, on all kinds of programmes – The Billy Cotton Band Show, The … Continue reading →

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December 2017 Miscellany

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Bernard Newnham

A sudden rush of photos not seen before. Roger Bunce sent the first four, and says “Some rather wonderful photos, from the Golden Age of monochrome, when cameramen wore jackets and ties, have been forwarded to me by George Auckland. … Continue reading →

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Conversations – May 2017 – November 2017

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Alec Bray

In a leading article on Thursday 10th August 2017, the “Guardian” noted that this August was a month of anniversaries:  a hundred years since the start of the battle of Passchendaele in the First World War, and seventy years since … Continue reading →

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Lunch – 20th September 2017

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Bernard Newnham

Once again to the Horniman’s at Hays Galleria, where Marco and co are always pleased to see us.  Only 29 of us this time – sadly Bob Coles funeral coincided.  ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]  

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Conversations – November 2016 to May 2017

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Alec Bray

Grumble grumble grumble … A Game of Moans … Old practitioners of the “Game of Tones” – sound supervisors, gram ops, boom ops, and all the myriad people in the old sound transmission chain – continue with discussions about poor … Continue reading →

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Lunch – 29th March 2017

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Bernard Newnham

Once again to the Horniman’s at Hays Galleria, where Marco and his team always look after us ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] 

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