Charles Fairall at the BFI (Berkhamsted) has a job at the BFI (Berkhamsted). He says:-
Chris Davies is retiring in a month and I’m hoping to attract someone with a broad operational and technical knowledge of Video, Audio and Digits who will report to me.
Follow this link to the advert on the BFI”s web site. (Ignore closing date)
Peter Neill has just sent the following:-
Dear VT Old Boys,
A few of you will remember me – most won’t know me from Adam, but I worked in the VT Library as Mike Scott’s assistant for 6 months in 1964/65.
I then moved to tech ops and then the South East region where, 49 years later I still do the odd shift!
But VT was my first job and I always remember those few months with fondness.
A while ago a friend suggested the idea of a
VT Tea mug and, after a couple of false starts I’ve found a supplier who can do a reasonable representation of the paper cup. It was intended as a one-off for myself, but a few people have expressed interest, so I thought I’d see how many were interested before placing a proper order.
They’re a bit bigger than the old paper cups, and I’m going to tweak the artwork so it fits better – and round the ornery of the BBC logo. Made of china and double-walled (so they can be held quite comfortably even with very hot contents) they come with a black (or possibly white) rubber lid and will work out at about £6 each (I don’t plan to make a profit on them).
Thanks,
Peter Neill (120454N)
Ian Williams sent in a photograph of his DE Course from September 1973, but couldn’t remember the number of the course. That mystery has now been solved by Bob James – it was DE36 – and Bob should know, he was sitting in the front row!
A reminder from the past, thanks to Ian Williams.
Everything that wasn’t should now be working.
Security Captchas for the Contacts are now fully functional and all the pictures should be back in Happenings.
As usual, if anyone finds anything missing, please let me know!
Happy New Year everyone!
Currently the contacts pages are unavailable as I am working on the security scripts – I thought it was all working, but, when I came to upload them – it wasn’t – also it seems that the pix in Happenings have vanished as well!
Happy New Year to me!
Finally, after a week of struggling, I think I have updated the WordPress version of Happenings!
Please let me know if you see anything odd or missing.
David Coleman died today after a short illness, aged 87.
I’ve just added the Guardian’s obituary to Obituaries.
I just had to post this link from Google Streetview that will bring back many memories to all of you.
Enjoy!
Ian Norman sent me a video of a live transmission from VT on Saturday, March 14th 1981. He was the cameraman for Swap Shop (Ikegami HL79) – you can find the full version in The 1980s under Swap Shop and in Programmes under VT on TV.
Two instantly recognisable faces in the still above, Murray Needham & Mick Goodenough, but take a look at the still below.
The first still is of the hexaplexer desk, with Al Goddard driving VT10, but who is the editor on VT9 (updating Grandstand titles) and who is the Sports PA?