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Topic: Thoughts Of Ealing 2013
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Maurice Leakey
Film God
Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted October 26, 2013 10:57 AM
I wore my Forum badge to The Ealing Convention and was pleased that many members came up and introduced themselves, however, none of them had badges. Introduced to visitors from the USA and Belgium.
There seemed to be an over abundance of Super 8 and DVDs, little equipment other than in interesting 16mm Fumeo with 4000' motor driven arms.
I was after 16mm shorts of which the total was virtually nil. Plenty of 16mm features which didn't seem to be selling, one interesting film was Jimmy Hanley in "Radio Cab Murder" (1954). I had to turn this down as it had a strange smell which could possibly have been V.S., perhaps it was just old age, but that vinegar smell remained under my nose for over an hour!
I asked one well known dealer and he said he very rarely took much in the way of 16mm to conventions as he always had to take them home again, however he did have a few titles of which I bought one. At another well known dealer there was no sign of 16mm but when I asked they were brought from under the counter! Here I bought the Muppets with Bob Hope and a Flintstones TV show, both with good colour.
I must say that all the visitors seemed to be enjoying themselves, although I did not see many carrying films under their arms.
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Maurice
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Mike Peckham
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1461
From: West Sussex, UK.
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted October 26, 2013 12:38 PM
I had a great day at Ealing, and it was great to meet you again Maurice, your badge looked great ( ![[Wink]](wink.gif) )! It was also great to see all the other regular faces and have lots of friendly chat. I haven’t been to a BFCC for a while, despite having once been a regular visitor and occasional trader.
It was my first time at the School venue and I think it works well, it’s smaller than the Town Hall, necessarily so, but that makes it feel much busier and bustling. The screening room was great and having the projection equipment up on the balcony certainly made it feel very professional, although it was always nice to be able to get up close to the projectors and crew at the Town Hall.
Well done John, Keith and all the others for once again putting on a great show that truly brings visitors from all over the world (it was great to share a warm pint of English Ale with you, Doug ![[Smile]](smile.gif) ).
I hope this wasn’t the last one…
Mike ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Auntie Em must have stopped wondering where I am by now...
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Michael O'Regan
Film God
Posts: 3085
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted October 26, 2013 01:03 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed the day as always. I didn't buy much - Classic's HOLLYWOOD PICNIC, which I'm looking forward to watching later this very evening - but enjoyed the chat. Maurice, Kev, Doug (it was nice to finally meet you), Mal, Colin, John C., Mark Mander, Mark Williams, John Salim, David Groves....etc. all the usual suspects.
Seems like we're getting a lot more DVD, books, memorabilia on sale than film though.
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Fabrizio Mosca
Master Film Handler
Posts: 346
From: Milano, Italy
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted October 27, 2013 05:23 AM
Great day for me too.
It was nice to meet again Keith, John & Susan and all the others (Doug, Antonio, John S., Dominique, Yanis, Tim just to mention few of them).
I've took some pictures before gates opened (setting up of the screen, thanks to Susan Clancy, and dealers room before opening), I'll contact John to see if he wants them for the BFCC website and publish the remaining on this post later on.
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Mark Williams
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 846
From: West Sussex
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted October 27, 2013 05:43 AM
Well what a superb day!! and for me probably one of the best conventions ever as it had an incredible amount of Super 8mm film for sale picked up lots of bargains from Ian at Perrys inc a rare print of Redneck released by Iver Films.
It's was also great to catch up with my old mates Murray Patterson,Roger Pyke,Doug Meltzer,Mick O Regan,Vidar,Tony Duggan,Colin Tollman,Mike Peckham,Darren Perry etc
And of course special thanks to Keith Wilton, John Clancy and co for putting the whole thing on
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