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Crew 7 Christmas card 1967

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Bernard Newnham

Nick Lake found it whilst clearing out. He says “It was drawn by Al Kerridge – I remember him taking the mug-shots. Scary that it’ll be 49 years old this December. And that we all look so young – except … Continue reading →

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How things have changed

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Bernard Newnham

My son, aged 21, has been asked to do a video CV.  Apparently these are very much the thing these days – just like recorded auditions back when I was helping to find a kid’s presenter in the ’80s. I … Continue reading →

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Roger Bunce – leaving the BBC

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Bernard Newnham

One of the ‘Objectives’ at my last Annual Appraisal was to stay in the BBC longer than John Birt. (Oddly, my Line Manager would not accept it as an ‘Agreed Objective’.) John Birt left the BBC in 2000. I attended … Continue reading →

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Dave Mundy’s Trip to Evesham

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Bernard Newnham

Dave Mundy visited the Wood Norton Hotel and took some pictures…..   ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

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Bimbi Harris, 1966 Health and Safety, and a 1978 WIS

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Bernard Newnham

In BBC tech-ops it’s always been thought that the BBC’s first studio camerawoman was Barbara Franc, in 1974.  After many years, it turns out that this was wrong. Barbara (Bimbi) Harris, who died in 2013 aged 95, was actually the … Continue reading →

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Mags, Vids, and Plans

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Bernard Newnham

To the Dorking Book Fair….. where a man wanted £40 for a huge pile of ancient Practical  Television and Practical Radio magazines.  I couldn’t quite get interested in articles on how to service the Ferguson 922T receiver and similar stuff … Continue reading →

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