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Barry Littlechild reports on the 17th Blackpool Convention in the March 1994 issue of Film For the Collector magazine…
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Keith Wilton reports on 1992’s Convention in issue 24 of Film for the Collector magazine, published Spring 1993. BLACKPOOL OR BUST KEITH WILTON LIFTS THE LID OFF THE 1992 NORTHERN FILM COLLECTORS CONVENTION AND TRIES TO ‘MURDER’ DON WALKER TOO! When a colleague informed me that the Blackpool hotel (near to ‘The Cliffs’) at which
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Just two short reports on 1991’s Convention in issue 20 of Film for the Collector magazine. DEREK DOES A DANIELS! The 15th Northern Film Collectors Convention held on November 16th/17th, 1991 was, as expected, a huge success. Ticket sales were well up on last year, and all dealers reported brisk business on the day. The
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Mr Super 8 himself, Keith Wilton, reports on 1990’s Convention in issue 18 of Film for the Collector magazine…
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Issue 14 of Film for the Collector magazine, published December 1989, contains three articles about the Convention. Derann changed the format of the Convention Dinner as the first feature explains; there’s also a short report about charity fund raising at Blackpool, and finally Derek Simmonds reveals the lengths that go into organising the Convention. Since
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Phil Sheard, writing in the January 1989 issue of Film For The Collector magazine, reports on the 1988 Convention – the one with Ray Harryhausen…
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Keith Wilton visits the 1987 Convention and reports on it in issue 9 of Film for the Collector magazine. In the previous issue of the magazine, David Lockwood remarked on the Derann habit of describing everything as ‘the best yet!’. The recent 11th Northern Convention was, at least as far as I’m concerned, the best
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There was no official report on the 1986 Convention in Film for the Collector magazine, but Derann’s Derek Simmonds referred to it in issue 5 in an article on Newsreels. The after-dinner speaker at the 1986 Convention was Bob Danvers-Walker, the voice of Pathé News. Newsreel reunion The cinema newsreel has, for me, always held a
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The 1985 Convention – the first one organised by Derann – was reported on by John Wright in the February 1986 issue of Making Better Movies magazine. BY ALL ACCOUNTS – including those of the organisers – the Ninth Northern Film Collectors Convention in Blackpool was a smashing success. John Wright, who was the guest
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Big changes were afoot in 1985. This was the first year that Derann Film Services took over the running of the Convention; they moved it from the Gables Hotel to the Cliffs Hotel on Blackpool’s North Promenade, and introduced the Saturday night Dinner. Dave Lockwood reported on the Convention in the December 1985 issue of
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