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Take Hart - got me drawing and creating and eventually I went to art college and studied for a BA hons in fine art.
Take Hart - got me drawing and creating and eventually I went to art college and studied for a BA hons in fine art.
I used to love the little snippets of history on PurvesNoakesSingleton era Blue Peter, line drawings and sound effects. Pity, as I failed History O level, but I liked them, anyway.blue peter... I used to make all sorts out of recycled card board from Marionettes, to clock faces to miniature replica vehicles
Fed Dibnah is probably responsible for my love of old machinery and industrial heritage.
I had almost forgotten about this, but before Apollo 13 came out, I saw, as a kid, a short 5 or 10 minute film on channel 4, the type that they put on to fill time during the day, which consisted entirely of film from the Apollo missions.
There was no commentary, just music which seemed to complement the scenes, vignettes of things if anything, perfectly, and included footage such as the famous film of the rocket stages falling away above a huge, blue Earth, and the tubular section spinning, making an 'O' at just the right angle.
I think it was because they just let the films play unintereupted by voices that I remember it so well, it was, quite frankly gorgeous and spellbinding to me at the time (indeed, some of the film is anyway), it was one of these films that was so good visually that it didn't need anything added to it like narration, it was simply perfect the way it was, even to me, a kid. It oozed quality and I probably would have watched it all day if I could have.
I think it certainly influenced me and my interest in manned spaceflight later on, and I'd LOVE to see it again!