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Brian Fretwell
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From: London, UK
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 - posted October 11, 2017 03:13 PM      Profile for Brian Fretwell   Email Brian Fretwell   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I was passing through Leicester on Monday and found a shop selling all sorts of things, books, model railways, Meccano parts (all second hand) and some 8mm films, spools and cameras. This is the window display
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I didn't go in due to the amount of luggage I was carrying. The owner looked far from young and there are not many of this sort of shops around now.

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Mark Todd
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From: UK
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 - posted October 12, 2017 02:48 AM      Profile for Mark Todd     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Thats quite an exciting picture Brian !!!

Hoping to get down to Phils soon for a look see as I don`t know how many years since I went in to a cine shop.

Is Marriots still going anyone know ?

Best Mark.

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Maurice Leakey
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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 - posted October 12, 2017 03:37 AM      Profile for Maurice Leakey   Email Maurice Leakey   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Fred Marriott still seems active.
http://www.marriottworld.com/newstcine.htm

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Osi Osgood
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 - posted October 12, 2017 11:42 AM      Profile for Osi Osgood   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
There are some very yummy titles there! I have always admired and been a tad bit jealous of you folks over in the U.K., as you guys kept the super 8 film hobby going for far longer and STILL, to this day, have a number of choices to go to for collecting Super 8!

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Maurice Leakey
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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 - posted October 13, 2017 02:34 AM      Profile for Maurice Leakey   Email Maurice Leakey   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Many, many years ago, Leicester had two great cine shops.

1) Sarson's Screen Services (aka United Film Services) run by Bob Sarson. I had regular dealings with him and got many bargains in 16mm films and equipment.

2) Frank E. Jessop who used to sell (amongst other things) short 16mm musicals known as "Musical Miniatures", later to be released on 9.5mm sound by Pathescope. From this inauspicious start the great company of Jessops evolved.

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Gary Sayers
Film Handler

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From: Worksop, UK
Registered: Aug 2016


 - posted October 13, 2017 09:40 AM      Profile for Gary Sayers     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Here's a shop window in Worksop, UK.

None of the equipment is actually for sale, it's just a display to advertise their cine to DVD transfer service.

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