Maurice has passed away.

[Maurice Leakey]

Very sad news this. I have great memories of him and at least his forum posts can still be read.

Graham S

Yes, that is such a blessing

[Maurice Leakey]

My condolences to all Maurice's family and friends and fellow film collectors who knew him personally at this sad time .
This news is even sadder for me as it is news of yet another fellow old time traditional film cinema projectionist that has changed over to the great projection box in the sky .
It appears there are less and less of us every year .

Thank you

[Maurice Leakey]

May Maurice's soul rest in peace for eternity.

Amen 💜

[Maurice Leakey]

I'm very sorry to hear of Maurice's passing. I always enjoyed reading his posts and often he would be the first to chip in on my posts. I was dreading the day that this thread would appear but also expecting to happen, sooner or later. At least Maurice's wisdom lives on in the forum archive!

Bless you 💜

[Maurice Leakey]

So sad to hear. Sincere condolences to his family and we will genuinely miss Maurice.

And I know that he will feel the same about all of you

[David Strelitz]

Such sad news, which since Jane's original post we have all been dreading.
In the relatively short time I have been a member of these forums, it was obvious that Maurice's experience and expertise was beyond extensive.
He always came across as someone I would loved to have shared a few hours with and am envious of all those who knew him better.

I hope his family can take some comfort in knowing how much love and respect we all had for him.

[Melvin England]

Here, Here ! David

May I add my own condolences to Jane and her family.

This is truly a sad sad event for both them and the cinema fraternity.

Maurice takes with him an encyclopedic wealth of knowledge up to our other late colleagues in that cinema in the sky ! But, oh boy, what fun they are going to have !


Just a small suggestion. Due to the mass of information Maurice gave us over the years, and to save everybody trying to scrawl through the archives to read his messages, May I suggest that a "closed" topic of all Maurice's contributions be created on the main menu of the forum? Sorry, Doug, this would mean a lot of work for you, I realize.

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[Douglas Meltzer]

Melvin,

That's an admirable suggestion. However, Maurice joined the Grand Old Forum in 2007. He had close to 6000 posts there and over 2200 on this site, concerning a variety of topics and in a number of different sub forums. The old site's posts cannot be transferred over, plus that site's "search by member" function would list just a few hundred of a member's most recent posts, as opposed to the more exhaustive search that can be done by topic or keyword.

Our Index of Technical Topics contains a variety of Maurice's contributions. I would suggest when someone comes across a topic that should be added, please post the link in that thread and I will add it to the index.

[Osi Osgood]

As the old saying goes ... "Gone ... but never forgotten."

[Maurice Leakey]

Such sad news, which since Jane's original post we have all been dreading.
In the relatively short time I have been a member of these forums, it was obvious that Maurice's experience and expertise was beyond extensive.
He always came across as someone I would loved to have shared a few hours with and am envious of all those who knew him better.

I hope his family can take some comfort in knowing how much love and respect we all had for him.

Bless you. Thanks so much for your heartfelt words. And yes my sister Angela and I certainly do take comfort by knowing how much he was loved and respected. Jane

[Maurice Leakey]

As the old saying goes ... "Gone ... but never forgotten."

Bless you, Osi
Jane

[Maurice Leakey]

Here, Here ! David

May I add my own condolences to Jane and her family.

This is truly a sad sad event for both them and the cinema fraternity.

Maurice takes with him an encyclopedic wealth of knowledge up to our other late colleagues in that cinema in the sky ! But, oh boy, what fun they are going to have !


Just a small suggestion. Due to the mass of information Maurice gave us over the years, and to save everybody trying to scrawl through the archives to read his messages, May I suggest that a "closed" topic of all Maurice's contributions be created on the main menu of the forum? Sorry, Doug, this would mean a lot of work for you, I realize.

.

Thank you Melvin. What a lovely idea
Jane

[Maurice Leakey]

Melvin,

That's an admirable suggestion. However, Maurice joined the Grand Old Forum in 2007. He had close to 6000 posts there and over 2200 on this site, concerning a variety of topics and in a number of different sub forums. The old site's posts cannot be transferred over, plus that site's "search by member" function would list just a few hundred of a member's most recent posts, as opposed to the more exhaustive search that can be done by topic or keyword.

Our Index of Technical Topics contains a variety of Maurice's contributions. I would suggest when someone comes across a topic that should be added, please post the link in that thread and I will add it to the index.

I can colate Dad's contributions

[Melvin England]

Jane - That would be something for you to discuss with Doug I think.

As far as my response to Doug..... I knew there would be a lot of posts.... I just did not quite anticipate how many exactly !!!

.

[Osi Osgood]

Blessings back to you, Jane, to you and your family. Always know that you have an extended family here and are welcome to pop up any ole Time!