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2017 EVERGREEN 29<br />
TALKING PICTURES<br />
At last! In the summer 2016 issue<br />
I urged readers to contact Virgin<br />
Media and ask them to take the<br />
channel called Talking Pictures which<br />
deals with old films, particularly in<br />
black and white but also in colour.<br />
It is a family-run business which<br />
unashamedly favours the kind of<br />
movie which all the family can enjoy<br />
without fear of bad language or<br />
worse. Imagine my delight, therefore,<br />
when our sound engineer, Eric<br />
Holmes, rang to tell me it had begun<br />
broadcasting on Virgin Media from<br />
1st June while I was away on holiday.<br />
It can be found on Channel 445, a<br />
most welcome addition to the other<br />
film channels, many of which feature<br />
only sleazy American movies quite<br />
unsuitable for the family in general or<br />
children in particular. It deserves our<br />
wholehearted support so please tune<br />
in if you possibly can. Hurrah!<br />
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN<br />
FOR COURTESY<br />
Stalwart chairman Peter G. Foot is<br />
retiring and we thank him for his<br />
hard work down the years. Among<br />
the latest articles in their magazine<br />
Courtesy Call is one paying tribute<br />
to a former patron, the late Rachael<br />
Heyhoe Flint, for many years the face<br />
of women’s international cricket.<br />
Another welcome item concerns<br />
the efforts of Rochdale Council who<br />
plan to fine people £100 for swearing<br />
or for anti-social behaviour in public.<br />
Amazingly, the organisation Liberty<br />
objected because it would “curb the<br />
rights and freedoms of local residents.”<br />
In response, Richard Farnell, the<br />
leader of Rochdale Council said:<br />
“With all the horrific human rights<br />
abuses around the world right now,<br />
I would have thought Liberty had<br />
bigger things to worry about.”<br />
Hear, hear!<br />
BBC MIDLAND<br />
RADIO ORCHESTRA<br />
This new limited-edition double CD<br />
contains 59 excellent tracks recorded<br />
at Pebble Mill, Birmingham, by the<br />
fine musicians of the late MRO and is<br />
available to <strong>Evergreen</strong> readers at the<br />
special price of £15.49 (post free in the<br />
UK, overseas at cost, please enquire).<br />
Cheques payable to J. Reed and sent to<br />
NDO Mailbox, c/o J. Roadhouse, 123 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 7DU.<br />
www.northerndanceorchestra.org.uk<br />
email: ndoinfo@virginmedia.com