Comments for Test Blog http://iangrey.org/test Where plugins get tried out offline... Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on May Gallery- Leicester/Lincoln memories by jacky http://iangrey.org/test/2009/05/01/may-gallery-leicesterlincoln-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-40 jacky Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:06:35 +0000 http://merciacinema.org/blog/?p=333#comment-40 hi ifound this most intresting thank you i am try to trace back my family history and would love some help withe the name of the roads that the cinema is on , and the name of the side street that runs along the side of it as my mother lived there when she was young late 40s early 50s , bless her she cant rember the name of it , any help with this i would be most gratfull jacky hi ifound this most intresting thank you
i am try to trace back my family history and would love some help withe the name of the roads that the cinema is on , and the name of the side street that runs along the side of it as my mother lived there when she was young late 40s early 50s , bless her she cant rember the name of it ,
any help with this i would be most gratfull

jacky

]]> Comment on Extraordinary General Meeting by Anonymous http://iangrey.org/test/2009/12/19/extraordinary-general-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Anonymous Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:58:31 +0000 http://merciacinema.org/blog/?p=498#comment-49 Is it just me who didn't think that it was enevitable that the Mercia Cinema Society closed?I know we are not as big as the CTA but can't small be beautifull?While it's great to have big glossy books with plenty of perfectly printed pages on expe-nsive paper surely it what's between the covers that matters.I looked forward to those old poorly photocopied bulletins just as much as the new superbly typesetted ones and will miss them falling through the letterbox. Is it just me who didn’t think that it was enevitable that the Mercia Cinema Society closed?I know we are not as big as the CTA but can’t small be beautifull?While it’s great to have big glossy books with plenty of perfectly printed pages on expe-nsive paper surely it what’s between the covers that matters.I looked forward to those old poorly photocopied bulletins just as much as the new superbly typesetted ones and will miss them falling through the letterbox.

]]> Comment on Extraordinary General Meeting by Anonymous http://iangrey.org/test/2009/12/19/extraordinary-general-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Anonymous Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:23:00 +0000 http://merciacinema.org/blog/?p=498#comment-48 Sad news indeed but a chance that the Society may live on under the CTA banner? I will be forever grateful to the Mercia Cinema Society for publishing my Cimemas of Essex book and to Kate and Mervyn for nominating it in the Essex Book Awards. I wish Mercia the very best of luck and hope that it can combine with the CTA of which I am also a long-standing member. Sincere wishes for 2010...Bob Grimwood Sad news indeed but a chance that the Society may live on under the CTA banner? I will be forever grateful to the Mercia Cinema Society for publishing my Cimemas of Essex book and to Kate and Mervyn for nominating it in the Essex Book Awards. I wish Mercia the very best of luck and hope that it can combine with the CTA of which I am also a long-standing member. Sincere wishes for 2010…Bob Grimwood

]]> Comment on Extraordinary General Meeting by Jonathan Walker http://iangrey.org/test/2009/12/19/extraordinary-general-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Jonathan Walker Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:43:33 +0000 http://merciacinema.org/blog/?p=498#comment-47 A very sad day for those of us interested in cinema history. However,best to go out on a "high" while we are known as a respected and prolific publisher, than to stagger on and fall in to disrepute. A very sad day for those of us interested in cinema history.
However,best to go out on a “high” while we are known as a respected and prolific publisher, than to stagger on and fall in to disrepute.

]]> Comment on August Gallery- Preserved Bioscope Box, Gaiety Theatre, Douglas by admin http://iangrey.org/test/2008/08/10/august-gallery-preserved-bioscope-box-gaiety-theatre-douglas/comment-page-1/#comment-30 admin Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:45:16 +0000 http://merciacinema.org/blog/?p=169#comment-30 I did unearth a number of photos of Delicolor boards from the Furse archive. They are currently in our Administrator's garage (and he recently died) so not readily available. In due course, though, I will check them to see if Douglas is amongst them. I did unearth a number of photos of Delicolor boards from the Furse archive. They are currently in our Administrator’s garage (and he recently died) so not readily available. In due course, though, I will check them to see if Douglas is amongst them.

]]> Comment on August Gallery- Preserved Bioscope Box, Gaiety Theatre, Douglas by ANDY HALLIDAY http://iangrey.org/test/2008/08/10/august-gallery-preserved-bioscope-box-gaiety-theatre-douglas/comment-page-1/#comment-29 ANDY HALLIDAY Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:23:18 +0000 http://merciacinema.org/blog/?p=169#comment-29 Yes I feared so, I liked the facility to light different areas -cyc proc arch,quickly cahnging colours on selected circuits linked to masrer wheels,I was used to purely wheels using a furse of Nottingham,board.Hard to service,but greast fun ,did get hort and apt to arc.I like last pic includes the Memory board I cut teeth om Strnd M24 series, which I had linked to its partner fx baord,and wired abck to piulsar rack THANKS FOR THE MEMORY Yes I feared so, I liked the facility to light different areas -cyc proc arch,quickly cahnging colours on selected circuits linked to masrer wheels,I was used to purely wheels using a furse of Nottingham,board.Hard to service,but greast fun ,did get hort and apt to arc.I like last pic includes the Memory board I cut teeth om Strnd M24 series, which I had linked to its partner fx baord,and wired abck to piulsar rack THANKS FOR THE MEMORY

]]> Comment on August Gallery- Preserved Bioscope Box, Gaiety Theatre, Douglas by admin http://iangrey.org/test/2008/08/10/august-gallery-preserved-bioscope-box-gaiety-theatre-douglas/comment-page-1/#comment-28 admin Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:25:35 +0000 http://merciacinema.org/blog/?p=169#comment-28 Alas, they threw out the Delicolor before they got the taste for preserving equipment. Alas, they threw out the Delicolor before they got the taste for preserving equipment.

]]> Comment on August Gallery- Preserved Bioscope Box, Gaiety Theatre, Douglas by ANDYHALLIDAY http://iangrey.org/test/2008/08/10/august-gallery-preserved-bioscope-box-gaiety-theatre-douglas/comment-page-1/#comment-27 ANDYHALLIDAY Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:26:01 +0000 http://merciacinema.org/blog/?p=169#comment-27 I remember working on the stage lighting there-the Gaiety when it had adelicolour board which was up in the wings ,Follow spot arcs where at back of the circle,great light,with good but oftern very stiff shutter , and rod burning controls ThE DIMMERS WERE ALL LEVERS,WHICH FITTED TO MASTER WHEELS POOR VISIBILTY OF STAGE,VERY DIFFICULT TO ANGLE PROC ARCH BAR LIGHTS-DUE TO DIFFICULT ACCESS Lighting thus,I was there in 1968,with Scout Gang Show-brought all lamps etc across on ferry,from Liverpool-MANXMAN. I remember working on the stage lighting there-the Gaiety when it had adelicolour board which was up in the wings
,Follow spot arcs where at back of the circle,great light,with good but oftern very stiff shutter , and rod burning controls ThE DIMMERS WERE ALL LEVERS,WHICH FITTED TO MASTER WHEELS POOR VISIBILTY OF STAGE,VERY DIFFICULT TO ANGLE PROC ARCH BAR LIGHTS-DUE TO DIFFICULT ACCESS Lighting thus,I was there in 1968,with Scout Gang Show-brought all lamps etc across on ferry,from Liverpool-MANXMAN.

]]> Comment on Mervyn Stockbridge Gould by Jonathan Walker http://iangrey.org/test/2009/10/29/mervyn-stockbridge-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Jonathan Walker Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:41:48 +0000 http://merciacinema.org/blog/2009/10/29/mervyn-stockbridge-gould/#comment-46 I was very sad to hear of Mervyn's death.When I was serving as Mercia's Treasurer, and later as a committee member,he was very helpful to me and was a constant source of knowledge and information.The last time that I saw him was on the occasion of Arthur Northover's funeral.I picked him up at Kettering station and we went to photograph the Savoy at Kettering before going over to Rushden for the wake.Never one to miss an opportunity we also slotted in the Ritz at Rushden and the Palace at Wellingborough before retiring to a local pub for a drink (or two) he was damn good company, he will be much missed, but his work will live on. I was very sad to hear of Mervyn’s death.When I was serving as Mercia’s Treasurer, and later as a committee member,he was very helpful to me and was a constant source of knowledge and information.The last time that I saw him was on the occasion of Arthur Northover’s funeral.I picked him up at Kettering station and we went to photograph the Savoy at Kettering before going over to Rushden for the wake.Never one to miss an opportunity we also slotted in the Ritz at Rushden and the Palace at Wellingborough before retiring to a local pub for a drink (or two) he was damn good company, he will be much missed, but his work will live on.

]]> Comment on Mervyn Stockbridge Gould by Rod Warner http://iangrey.org/test/2009/10/29/mervyn-stockbridge-gould/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Rod Warner Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:47:38 +0000 http://merciacinema.org/blog/2009/10/29/mervyn-stockbridge-gould/#comment-45 ... a slight mistake in the link in my earlier post... a hectic day... … a slight mistake in the link in my earlier post… a hectic day…

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