SECRETARY'S NOTES
I must start these notes with a tribute to Fred Hravey who founded the Club 21 years ago When the Club began Fred thought there might be 50 members. Within a couple of months he had over 1000! there was so much mail that the Post Office asked if they could deliver it by the back door by the sack load. Freds photography ceased some time ago through ill health. He died peacefully at his son`s house just after Christmas.
Bert Sanders recently sent me a super binder for the handbook. It consists of a series of plastic enevelopes bond together to form a book. Into each envelope a page is slipped which can be read from both sides. There are card stiffeners in the cover. It is a very practicle idea as all the sheets are protected against damp and dirt. Bert will bring along a couple of samples of the standard and delux models when we meet at Didcot. He is willing to obtain them from a local stationery suppliers. Cost is around £1.48 and £4.00.
For those who feel that is too much for your needs, Sue has come up with Plastic Spin which is enclosed with this Newsletter. They are simple and effective. Just slide them over your pages after you have cut them.
Tony Chuter sent along some lovely slides which he is using to help make his Video of H.M.S. Warriot. Also involved is Dave Morrell, Co-ordinator of Area 4 who was the official photographer during the restoration of the ship. Tony is copying some of Daves restoration slides on black and white material and adding coloured slides which are copies of his own work. The whole concept is then going on to video tape with added sound track and will be sold to aid Warrior Funds. It sounds like a great piece of co-operation between Dave and Tony.
Ken Lewis from Plymouth has told me of an interesting economical way of processing films. Ken saves up his exposed films in the fridge until he has approximately twelve. He uses Photocolour Six Kit and a triple Paterson tank. Six films go into the tank, in pairs, back to back. Next day Ken repeats the exercise. This gives good results. It is fairly easy for Ken to use up a dozen films, as beautiful landscape is is almost on his door step and the CRC Konica
film encourages liberal use.
A member buying film recently enquired as to the freshness of supplies. For the benifit of everyone may I assure you that it is rarely more than a month or so out of Konica`s warehouse. It is delivered within two days of my ordering, and is often just in from Japan. I store it in our freezer until needed.