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Minutes from the EGM
MERCIA CINEMA SOCIETY
MINUTES of the EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
held at the Cottage Road Cinema, Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 16 January 2010 at
11.30 a.m.
1. Apologies, quorum and proxies: Present: Kate Taylor (in the chair), Derek Atkins,
Dave Biscombe, Johnnie Cliff, Victor Alan Edwards, Gerry Glover, Ian Grey, Martin Hall,
Ian Houseman, Colin Jeffrey, Ian Meyrick, Charles Morris, Shaun Richardson, [...]
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Mervyn in his own words
The following article was unearthed by Member Ian Van Ryne and distributed as a scan. It was published in a Christmas edition of Focus, the ALD (Association of Lighting Designers) Newsletter, circa 2005. Our thanks to Jim Laws for tracking down the original softcopy.
Shadows of the Evening Steal Across the Sky
Mervyn Gould
“Yes, I’ve been around [...]
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COVENTRY OUT OF PRINT
Our Coventry book has now sold out and there are no copies available.
At present there are no current plans to reprint it due to uncertainty over the future of the Society and the possible dissolution being discussed at the AGM on December 12th
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Another tribute to Mervyn
REMEMBERING MERVYN GOULD by Prof. John Lucas
My relationship with Mervyn, which stretches back thirty years, began in 1979 when he was appointed Theatre Manager to Loughborough University’s Department of English and Drama — or, as he was soon calling it, Department of Anguish and trauma. Not long after our first meeting I went into the [...]
Another tribute to Mervyn
MERVYN, THE MAN. Contributed by Llewellyn Williams (husband of Gerrie/Leonie)
I fully expect that the tributes to our friend posted on this site, plus a really adequate version of his C.V., would more than fill an edition of the Bioscope – and then some! So, what can I add?
I once told Mervyn that he was ‘just [...]
Another tribute to Mervyn
TRIBUTE TO MERVYN STOCKBRIDGE GOULD from Gerrie Williams. (stage name Gerrie Raymond in younger days and Leonie Wilde in later ones)
There are very few truly Renaissance Men left in the world, and even fewer genuinely ‘larger than life’ characters. Mervyn was both of these, in spades.
He worked of course in many branches of the theatrical [...]
A tribute to Mervyn
FROM SIMON BLACK
For those who know me, my profound apologies for not being here in person, since family commitments make it impossible for me to get away from Cardiff for this sad day.
It was with great regret that I heard about the passing away of Mervyn Stockbridge Gould. A great leading light of the theatrical [...]
Mervyn's Funeral
There were three Eulogies given at Mervyn’s funeral last Friday.
The one below was given by Kate Taylor, Chairman of the Society as the third reading, covering his involvement with Mercia. The others will be uploaded when available.
Mervyn Gould
Mervyn burst into Mercia Cinema Society at a committee meeting on 13 March 1993. It was a [...]
More about Mervyn
Various society newsletter editorss have been contacting us asking about Mervyn’s career in order to write obituaries. There is a very succinct biography penned by Mervyn himself on this website, reproduced below.
Mervyn Gould didn’t quite run away with the circus, but did do his first show whilst still a VIth-former. When the Regal Boston [...]
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