Photo by Peter Poole, no reproduction without permission. This programme was probably broadcast sometime in the 1990’s. I think it may have been to celebrate the start of Birmingham City of Music or some other event. This programme was not listed in The Radio [...]
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This blog is made up from comments from various contributors on the Pebble Mill Facebook page. ‘David was one of a team of Announcers who in the 70s became both TV and Radio broadcasters reading the radio and TV bulletins and also operating the local TV continuity desks. For a glorious time in the 70s [...]
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Julie Hall Photo by Peter Poole, no reproduction without permission. Julie was a presenter and journalist working for Midlands Today. I don’t know when the photo was taken. Anyone remember her? Peter Poole
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Me and My Town was a series done for Regional Television and produced by John Clarke. I was the Production Assistant. We had various Midland people – Hazel O’Connor being one of them – and we visited their town with them and went to their old school and places they used to go to. Sue [...]
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Tagged as: Hazel O'Connor,John Clarke,Lynn Cullimore,Me and My Town,Su Pollard | Posted in: Blog, Regional, Television, Transmission lists
Photos from Ruth Kiosses, no reproduction without permission. The photos were taken at Pebble Mill on a ‘Children in Need’ day, with the Wardrobe department volunteering and manning the phones. ‘The photos date from 1991/2. It was the busiest week of the Wardrobe year with van loads of costumes arriving daily from TVC and our own [...]
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Tagged as: Alex Pargeter,Andria Fletcher,Children in Need,Ruth Kiosses,Trainer | Posted in: Blog, Factual, Photos, Regional, Television