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Queen Elizabeth II
Platinum Jubilee<\/b>
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Platinum Party  4th<\/sup> June<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alec Bray<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I bet dear old Mike Bond would have been thoroughly chuffed to bits by this….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graham Maunder<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Quite by chance working on a programme today where we are with Karen, Michael\u2019s daughter and an original Paddington Bear that was made by Jeremy Clarkson\u2019s mum of all people!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Needless to say Karen was very chuffed with the Jubilee appearance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone on here work with Michael? What crew was he on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Neill<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I was on his crew (17) for a few months just after I came back from my TO course – so early 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I\u2019d already gravitated towards Sound but the office was still putting me through the system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I found this picture on the interweb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Vincent<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Crew 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Horton I remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike was a gentle lovely man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I became a Camera Supervisor I remembered how he ran the crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Dave Mutton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Atkinson showed me how not to do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All have left their mark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Herbs did have a nod to some characters at TC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dill was Martin Dilly. Bayleaf was Bill Bailiff, Parsley was a manager of something!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure our collective memory will come up with the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are blessed with some good memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barry Bonner<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I was on Mike’s crew (17) when I joined the BBC in January 1965, and I was there until I went to Evesham in May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were so many new recruits, I think it was 1983, that half of us were delayed going to Evesham as they couldn\u2019t cope. So TO21 and TO22 were actually the same intake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike was a real gentleman and kept an eye on us newbies! He was very keen that we got our \u201chands on\u201d straight away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alec Bray<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

January 1963 – three days only for induction and then to Crew 7.  The senior cameraman said “Hello, I’m Mike.  We call each other by first names here”.  What a change from school where it had been surnames only!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Bond looked after this wet-behind-the-ears naive just ex-schoolboy, and I must say how much I liked and respected him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graham Maunder<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for that Alec – Karen was really proud to hear what a good man her Dad was to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dave Newbitt<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Agreement all round. I was on Mike\u2019s crew for a spell and above all else he was just the nicest and kindest man you could ever meet. I think at the time it was crew 7 rather than 17 and if my memory serves me accurately the SA1 was Derek Saunders who resigned in favour of going off to run a pub in Cornwall with his wife. Anyone know how he fared?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On reflection it might have been a post office\/village shop rather than a pub. Memory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graham Maunder <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to everyone who replied – some e-mails arrived whilst I was still with Karen, and she was really happy to know how highly her Dad was regarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will pass on other e-mails (and the picture) to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interesting day – part of a DNA series I\u2019m doing for ITV that\u2019s destined to hit the screens in September I believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Fox<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I joined Mike Bond\u2019s Crew 7 in November of 1963, and Ron Green was his number 2. In just a month or two we did a La Traviata, with Geoff Dudley and I track\/swinging Mike on the Mole, and a bit later a Nina and Frederik show in the TVT. Mike was indeed a calm and brilliant cameraman coping with relative novices (just over a year\u2019s experience) with aplomb, and cheerfully holding court in the bar on a regular basis too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone who worked with Mike had fond memories of being on his crew I left all too soon to join Ken Major\u2019s brand-new Crew 16 in a rapidly expanding BBC just pre BBC2 in February of 1964 and shortly afterwards Mike himself formed Crew 17 leaving a 34-year-old Ron Green in charge of Crew 7 for the next 26 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 In just a month or two we did a La Traviata, with Geoff Dudley and I track\/swinging Mike on the Mole\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I can\u2019t remember any details now; it was probably a bit too scary for much of it to sink in. I looked down the list of staff but there are no techies that might have confirmed that it was a TVC studio production. I doubt the BBC would have mounted an OB so soon after a studio production, so it is quite likely the same one recorded on 2inch tape. December 1963 is mostly likely studio date because I was gone well before April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tony Briselden<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I was on Crew 7 in the 1950s and early 1960s when Mike Bond was on the crew – a good friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember tracking him on a children\u2019s programme which he had written. I don\u2019t think the director – whoever it was – knew!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Brunt<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Would that be Paddington on \u201cJackanory\u201d in early 1966?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
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Karen Jankel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mike Bond\u2019s daughter, author Karen Jankel, has spoken about how delighted the family has been about the Paddington Bear and the Queen sequence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"read<\/a>\n\n\n\n

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Eleanor Tomlinson sketched the Queen, Paddington, a corgi and bunting \u2013 and the picture went viral on social media!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alec Bray<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2026[Eleanor\u2019s] illustration captures – in my mind – the essence of the Mike Bond that I remember\u2026  it tells [us] a lot about Mike Bond\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eleanor Tomlinson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I grew up adoring Paddington and the older TV series. It must\u2019ve been marvellous to have worked with the man himself! I would be absolutely honoured for you to include my illustration on this tribute page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copyright \u00a9 Eleanor Tomlinson 2022 <\/strong>  used with permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleanor\u2019s website:   https:\/\/www.eleanortomlinsonart.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleanor Tomlinson is an award-winning artist and illustrator based near South Cave, East Yorkshire. She has been selling her artworks and taking on commissions since her mid-teens. Eleanor’s artwork has travelled across the UK and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like a high-quality print of Eleanor\u2019s picture of Paddington, please contact Eleanor via her website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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