One of the
Colour Reversal Club’s liveliest outfits must be way up there in
Middlesbrough, where Area Leader, Peter Calvert is for ever on the alert
to publicise the C. R. C. as well as make certain his own members are well
catered for in the way of as many regular local meetings as possible are
arranged.
In a letter to
me he says. “…in furtherance of our publicity drive I got wind of the
‘Cleveland Arts’ setting up a directory of ‘Camera Club’s’ and
sets out the facts of the C. R.C. That it is a countrywide organisation
for photographer interested in processing their own colour films, pointing
out that Area 4
covers the whole of the North - East area. Processing chemicals are
mixed at the Club at cost price. Membership fees are £3.50 per year, which included
the National Newsletter. NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME.
Peter goes on
to point out, in his own Newsletter, the proposed programme for the coming
months mainly informal get-togethers on the first Thursdays of the month -
though with a holiday break in August when their meeting room “The
Settelment” is closed.
Is it not good
to see such dedicated enthusiasm from an Area Leader like Peter? One can
but hope that his efforts bear fruit and that a few new members join his
merry band. Certainly I offer my sincere hope that his individual
publicity campagne doesn’t fall on “barren soil”. Which is not
altogether inappropriate as I happen to know that Peter is a farmer in his
spare time.
Unfortunately
Peter ends on a sad note as he records the death of Jack Prier of Stockton
who had been a staunch supporter of the Club over many years. As Peter
says “His cheerful face will be greatly missed at future meetings...”
I’m sure all our members will join me in offering our sincere sympathy
to Jack’s family and his many friends.
UPS
& DOWNS IN AREA 19
Yes, Reg Long, Leader of Area 19 has been experiencing both sides of life down there in Sunny (?)
Worthing ~ Let’ take the brighter side first Rag has been having
Angina trouble for some time .but the latest news is that he is feeling if
not exactly well - at least improved. He can now, he says, walk a mile or
so without too much discomfort Says Rag “ I have two nerves in my heart
instead of one which causes that to do a double-beat. Nice sense of humour
has our Reg. “Funny” says he “It’s taken 65
years for this to show up... despite having lived at 40mph. So take
heed of the speed limit laws in future old son. But it’s nice to know
that the tablets are keeping the trouble in check.
Just to keep
life interesting, though, Reg had part of the roof of his dark-room blown
off in a gale, had his chemicals frozen up and his projector has been
‘playing lip’. All this, of course, has been happening. during this
dreadful winter and Spring. Like most of us Reg has hardly set foot in his
darkroom. In fact, again like most of us old - Eric, it’s been a long
period of near-hibernation. Still it’s good to know you ‘r improving
Reg, and hopefully the tablets will continue to maintain that improvement.
PEARLE'S
OF WISDOM
May 1 offer my plaudits to Mr. & Mrs. C. M. Pearle of Area 13
for their highly original Cibachrome Filter Finder described in such
-detail in the April issue of the National Newsletter.
This, it seems
to me, to be such a simple, but obviously completely efficient and
workable idea as to merit consideration as a worth-while marketable
commodity. To
me anything that can give help with regard to the filtration in colour
printing has got to be inestimable value. For I’m sure I’m not alone
in experiencing the utter frustration in deciding the filter pack needed
in certain circumstances. Would not this simple assembly work just as well
with the slide to be printed IN PLACE? Thus, giving the FINAL pack
required for any particular transparency?