Jerry Clegg – Page 2 – What Was Pebble Mill?

CMCR9 at Onslow

CMCR9 in Onslow, 2013. Photo by Steve Harris, no reproduction without permission.

The veteran BBC Type-2 scanner CMCR 9 formerly LO5/Midland/North 3 will be on public display at the Shrewsbury Steam Rally at Onslow Park next weekend.

Please note that the show is on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday 30th and 31st August 2015, so don’t turn up on the Saturday or you will be disappointed! This will be the last outing of the summer for North 3. The only other outing this year will probably be Salford Quays in October.

The organizer’s website for Onslow Park Steam Rally is :- http://www.shrewsburysteamrally.co.uk/

As always, it would be great to meet up with some of you there. Come on you Midland folk, this is our farthest south expedition of the year!

Jerry Clegg

CMCR9 on display at Astle Park, 8/9th Aug

Photo by Steve Harris, no reproduction without permission

This is just to let you know that CMCR9, Pebble Mill’s original CM1 outside broadcast truck, which later became Manchester’s North 3, will be on show at the Astle Park Steam Rally, near Chelford, Cheshire next weekend 8/9th August 2015.

The organizer’s website is: http://www.outdoorshows.co.uk/astle-park-traction-engine-rally.html.

Thanks to Jerry Clegg for posting the information.

CMCR9 at the Kelsall Steam Fair

current owner, Steve Harris with North 3. Copyright resides with the original holder.

The outside broadcast truck, BBC Manchester’s North 3/ Pebble Mill’s original CM1, CMCR9, will be on public display at the Kelsall Steam and Vintage Fair, between Tarvin and Delamere, Cheshire, next weekend 27th and 28th June. Details of the show may be found on their website: www.kelsallsteamrally.co.uk.

The EMI 2001 and Pye PC80 cameras will be on static display only, owing to severe power limitations. However, pictures will be available from a couple Ikegami HL79s, and most of the scanner will be working (touch wood)!

We will be very pleased to see any friends or former colleagues who can make it there. Kelsall is a super show with lots of attractions.

Jerry Clegg

CMCR9’s at the Manchester Science Fair, 25-26th Oct

The former LO5/Midland/ North3’s final outing for this year will be at the University of Salford, Media Centre as part of the Manchester Science Fair.

Here is a link to their website: http://www.manchestersciencefestival.com/whatson/msf14semaphoresmartphone

Jerry Clegg

CMCR6 photos by Howard Lewis

Here are a couple of rare photos of the former CMCR6, which was briefly the very first BBC Midland colour unit from 1969 to 1972. It had EMI cameras and a decision was made to standardize on EMI cameras in London, so CMCR6 was swapped with CMCR9 which had Pye cameras and C9, then became the Midland Unit in 1972. The photos were taken in this country in about 1994 by Howard Lewis. The American Circus is still touring here, but now they use big new Mack trucks.

Jerry Clegg