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« Reply #15 on: 22:44:37, 10-04-2007 » |
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Welcome Alison! (and dad!!)
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The artiste formerly known as Gabrielle d’Estrées
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« Reply #16 on: 08:01:50, 11-04-2007 » |
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Hi Alison
Well done your dad! I'm pleased to have got in first with Victor Hallam - but Donald Price... the name rings but a very distant bell. Would never have dug that one out.
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« Reply #17 on: 22:35:15, 11-04-2007 » |
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Alison: My dad says these announcers are Victor Hallam and Donald Price in that order. Thank you to you and your Dad: those were the names I had in mind, but I had no evidence for them, and daren't suggest them as I didn't want to prompt someone into agreeing! |
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« Reply #18 on: 16:53:32, 28-09-2007 » |
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Being new around here I'm finding lots of fascinating reading; is it OK if I drag this one up from April?
In the 60s and 70s we were particularly fortunate in having the wonderful Tom Naisby in the North Region. A gentleman, both scholarly and witty and with a fund of knowledge at the ready, he could 'busk' for as long as was necessary whenever there was a hiccup in a live concert, keeping listeners entertained and, indeed, educated, without ever talking down to his audience. Alas that I can find nothing at all about him on the 'net.
On a completely different tack...........
One day in August 1981 I got up early to catch the train to London for that night's Prom, in which we were to play, among other things, Rubbra 11. The Third Programme was on, as ever, and the announcer was giving the details of the Prom in a voice as flat and matter-of-fact as a disinterested announcer could muster.
"In this evening's Promenade Concert the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra will give the first performance of the Symphony number 11 by Edmund Rubbra."
There was a pause, then, on a much brighter note, he continued,
"BUT......!.......if you listen in tomorrow night, you'll be able to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the WORLD PREMIERE of the TRIPLE CONCERTO by MICHAEL TIPPETT!"
Oh, Peter Barker, what a giveaway!
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« Reply #19 on: 20:53:46, 08-10-2007 » |
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I don't think I ever heard Mr. Naisby. I have only heard him mentioned once before: by my mother, who claims he lived in Whaley Bridge.
On the other subject ... surely a rare slip for Mr. Barker. Was it the orchestra or the composer that caused him to change his tone, I wonder? (Or was it merely the fact that he'd managed to find something to say to fill what otherwise would have been an awkward pause?
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« Reply #21 on: 21:48:40, 08-10-2007 » |
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BobbyZ - many thanks! I don't visit these boards very often - the only reason I visited today was the talk about it on the BBC board.
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« Reply #22 on: 12:57:25, 10-10-2007 » |
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Having lived in the North-West during the 60s, I, like some others, also remember Tom Naisby. He may well have lived in Whaley Bridge as it would have been easily commutable from his base in Manchester.
He retired circa 1969, so it seems unlikely that he's still living.
Alvar Lidell, more commonly associated with the Home Service and even the early days of R4, was based on the Third Programme from 1946 to 1951.
Mr Lidell was an accomplished singer as well as announcer. Has anyone heard his records of such ballads as Passing By or I'll Walk Beside You?
Ian.
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« Reply #23 on: 13:25:48, 10-10-2007 » |
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Meant to add-sorry you can't find anything re Tom Naisby on the net.
I've been trying without success to find out what became of another announcer, Jimmy Kingsbury. After floating between channels, as was relatively commonplace in those days, he became Head of Presentation on R2 circa 1973. Where did he go after that?
Ian.
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« Reply #24 on: 16:09:23, 10-10-2007 » |
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Having lived in the North-West during the 60s, I, like some others, also remember Tom Naisby. He may well have lived in Whaley Bridge as it would have been easily commutable from his base in Manchester.
He retired circa 1969, so it seems unlikely that he's still living.
Alvar Lidell, more commonly associated with the Home Service and even the early days of R4, was based on the Third Programme from 1946 to 1951.
Mr Lidell was an accomplished singer as well as announcer. Has anyone heard his records of such ballads as Passing By or I'll Walk Beside You?
Ian.
Re Alvar Liddell - see my recent post on the Peter and the Wolf thread! |
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« Reply #25 on: 16:56:30, 10-10-2007 » |
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On the other subject ... surely a rare slip for Mr. Barker. Was it the orchestra or the composer that caused him to change his tone, I wonder? (Or was it merely the fact that he'd managed to find something to say to fill what otherwise would have been an awkward pause?
I think it may have been that the BBCSO and a Tippett premiere carried a great deal more clout than the BBCNSO and Rubbra. Still, he might have modified his enthusiasm a little! I don't know what happened to Jimmy Kingsbury, Head of Presentation and star of Friday Nights, but he was 'fair getting on', as we might say up here, in the 1960s. The only announcer I ever knew who had to have an announcer to announce him in. That's stardom for you. |
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« Reply #26 on: 16:58:05, 10-10-2007 » |
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Another Northern based name came to mind earlier - Michael Scott. Anyone remember him?
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« Reply #27 on: 17:07:17, 10-10-2007 » |
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Indeed. Such a nice man. He spoke with his hands all the time he was doing the announcements - don't think he knew he was doing it. Another delightful announcer around the same time was Sandra Chalmers (Judith's sister) who, before her announcing spot, would ask players for pronunciation guidelines ('scherzo' was her big stumbling block - we advised her to pronounce it with a Scouse accent..........) then, as soon as the red light went on for the announcements to start, would begin pedalling frantically under the mike table. We often ragged her about that, she had not the faintest idea she was doing it.
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