Absolutely brilliant. Around the same time friends and I used to send spoof record requests to various BBC radio programmes, making up entire families and often getting the title of the request slightly wrong. Our requests were played several times.
I think that sort of thing used to happen quite a lot - especially fake letters and reports in the local press. They never checked the authenticity of the source.
Nostalgia that those more recent proponents of 'fake news' eg Mr D Trump can only aspire to. RIP J R ('Gus') Coplestone. In the era of Texts, FaceBook, TikTok, Instagram, well done, John for creating that memorable sequence - including Kodak Super8.
Sixth form with Ilford 16mm ? - (I'm wondering how you could afford that..!) - Of course, today we're swamped with movies from all corners, but not back in the early 60s. That makes this a rather special treat. Thanks for sharing it. - ( but sad to read the dedication. Just 20 years old? )
Just stumbled on this. I well remember your account of Col Polhill's alpine tour and the problems his team faced with one 'particularly sloping pitch'. But also let's celebrate the legendary 'Dustbin Film' we made at UCL Film Society back in the sixties. Peter Evans
Well I never....now I know where I must have drawn my inspiration from, for all my letters from fictitious people (some with photographs) to the Hornsey Journal a full decade later. All of them were published. The best ones were furious responses from "correspondents", contradicting the views of others. Sadly I failed to keep any records of all this harmless fun....
@@JohnLeeming23 You are absolutely right John. My memory tells me that the fledgling Radio London were only too pleased to get contributions from anyone...
