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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

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