Just In Time For Christmas...
Saturday 3rd December 2005, 12:00 - 7:00 pm
Amblecote Room, Stourbridge Town Hall, Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK
Free Admission
What is your idea of a perfect Christmas gift?
The Magpie badge worn by presenter Jenny Hanley in the 1970s?
An original TV company ident board?
A rare promotional leaflet for Carry On Don't Lose Your Head?
These, and many more rare items, were auctioned by Kaleidoscope to raise money for the Lifeboat Appeal at Stourbridge Town Hall on Saturday 3rd December 2005.
People could bid for fantastic pieces of film and TV memorabilia in a fabulous charity auction compered by Jenny Hanley, the ex-Magpie presenter who made her name as a James Bond girl.
Jenny and our other guest, Kaleidoscope favourite Tony Currie, later provided some Christmas entertainment for the audience in the form of a comprehensive, fun and often hilarious look back at Jenny's career. There were also screenings of old Christmas television shows, mince pies and lots of other festive fun!
Kaleidoscope announced the winner of the 50 Years of ITV Megaquiz at the event, which proved so fiendishly difficult that only three people managed to complete it!
As we had hoped, both the event and auction proved a huge success, and helped Kaleidoscope smash all of our previous fundraising records for the RNLI. Thanks to everyone who supported us on the day, and gave so generously.
EVENT SCHEDULE
- 12:00 Christmas Spirits - a spooky 1981 play starring Elaine Stritch, written by Willis Hall and made by June Wyndham-Davies, producer of Cribb and Sherlock Holmes.
- 13:00 Father, Dear Father - a mini Christmas episode from 1972 with Patrick Cargill, Ann Holloway and Natasha Pyne.
- 13:15 The Ghosts of Christmas Idents Past - globes, snowmen and long-gone graphics packages abound.
- 13:30 Robert's Robots - "Santa-claustrophobia". Comedy from Bob Block, the writer of Rentaghost.
- 14:00 Grand Charity Auction 2005 led by Chris Perry, Jenny Hanley and Sue Coombes from the RNLI.
- 15:30 Afternoon Tea with Christmas cake, followed by autograph signing.
- 16:00 Magpie - the last ever edition, introduced by Jenny Hanley.
- 16:30 Memories of Christmases Long Ago - adverts, special Christmas TV treats, pop records, trailers and ephemera aplenty!
- 17:30 Cabaret Time - live entertainment from Jenny Hanley and Tony Currie.
- 18:30 Coronation Street from Christmas Day, 1969.
- 19:00 Closedown - The Wombles wishing you a "Wombling Merry Christmas".
All material at Kaleidoscope events is screened with the permission of the copyright holders
Just In Time For Christmas... was in support of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution once again and raised an incredible total of £1015.91 (a new all time record for a single event), consisting of:
Kaleidoscope Grand Charity Auction 2005 - £589.00 (beating last year's auction total)
Donation from Kaleidoscope Publishing - £72.00
RNLI collecting buckets - £221.97
RNLI refreshments stand - £52.94
Additional cash donations - £80.00
This brings Kaleidoscope's fundraising total for 2005 to £1312.64 (another new all time record) and since 1994 to £5856.62
Sue Coombes, Honorary Secretary of RNLI Stourbridge Branch, said:
"A wonderful achievement and one of which you can all be very proud - in fact, to give you an idea of what this would buy, it would be enough to kit out the entire crew of one of the RNLI's all weather lifeboats (the big £1m plus offshore ones) like the Trent class Blue Peter VII stationed at Fishguard.
We really do appreciate all you do for the lifeboat service - we know what a lot of time and effort goes into putting on your events which not only raise money for the RNLI but give a lot of pleasure and enjoyment to many, many people, ourselves included."
[ Retrospective Event Review ]
Kaleidoscope Grand
Charity Auction 2005
1. Soldier Soldier Series 1 DVD
2. Soldier Soldier Series 2 DVD
3. Ever Decreasing Circles Series 3 DVD
4. Ever Decreasing Circles Series 4 DVD
5. 3rd Rock from the Sun Season 1 DVD
6. 3rd Rock from the Sun Season 2 DVD
7. Willo the Wisp new release DVD
8. Donmar Warehouse Theatre Programme - Hecuba, signed by Alfred Burke
9. Large Format Book: The Goodies File (Paperback) (Sphere, 1975)
10. Magazines: Action TV 1 (Winter 1999) Action TV 2 (Spring 2000) Action TV 3 (Summer 2000) Action TV 7 (Summer 2002) Action TV 8 (Spring 2003) Action TV 9 (Spring 2004)
11. Friends of Steed: The Theme from The Avengers (Dance Version) (Germany, 1998) CD Single
12. Magazines: Associated-Rediffusion House Magazine Fusion
Almost complete run of the magazine: issues 1 - 33, 36, 38 - 40, 42 - 46, 48, 49. This magazine features lots of photographs and behind-the-scenes info on the Associated-Rediffusion television company
13. Theme from The Professionals (Remixes) (1997) CD Single
14. The Clifton House Mystery (Guild Home Video, 1981 - Rare Pre-BBFC Certification) VHS
15. The Goodies (Thorn EMI/Weekend Video, 1981 - Rare Pre-BBFC Certification - 4 episodes from LWT series: "Football Crazy", "Robot", "Bigfoot", "Change of Life") VHS
16. (Carry On) Don't Lose Your Head promotional booklet, issued at time of first release
17. Magazines: Tony Hancock Appreciation Society (and offshoots) magazines and other items. Five early news-letters/news-sheets. The Missing Page vol 1, nos 3, 4, 8, 9, 11 and 12; vol 2 nos 1 - 4 and 7. Mystery Tour issue 2. Railway Cuttings issues 3 - 20, 24, 32, 41 - 43, 45, 46, 47, 51 - 54, 59 - 61, 63 - 66, 68 and 75
18. J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1974
19. J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit Calendar 1976 in envelope
20. J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit Calendar 1976 in envelope with Daily Telegraph Middle Earth pullout
21. J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord Of The Rings Calendar 1977
22. J.R.R. Tolkien - The Silmarillion Calendar 1978 in envelope
23. J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979 in envelope
24. J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord Of The Rings Film Calendar 1980 in original polythene bag
25. Book: Muffin And The Magic Hat by Annette Mills
University of London Press 1951 (hardback - no dust jacket)
26. Dempsey And Makepeace Annual 1987 - 1986 (hardback); Activity Book - 1986 (softback); Colouring Book - 1986 (softback). All World International Publishing
27. Photograph: Cast photo from Jumpers with Paul Eddington, Felicity Kendal, Andrew Sachs and Simon Cadell
28. Jenny Hanley's surprise item
29. Two tickets to the launch of the Forsyte and Hindsight book at BAFTA with food, drink, Edward Fox and Eileen Atkins on Tuesday 24th January 2006, from 4-7pm.
30. Cool Spies and Private Eyes - Carlton promotional brochure featuring ITC series and other shows
31. An original caption card "STV Production"
32. An original caption card "STV Outside Broadcast"
33. An original caption card "Grampian Television"
34. A lucky bag of Scottish Television presentation transmission slides from the late 1970s - including the title slide for News at Ten. 20 slides in all
35. A lucky bag of a dozen Radio and TV Times culled from the period 1976 - 1986
36. An autographed copy of Tony Currie's book A Concise History of British Television 1930 - 2000
37. A collection of original photographs provided by James Cellan Jones from his many productions
38. A Prix Italia 1978 Runners Up Medal given to James Cellan Jones
39. Newly published book - TV Heaven by Jim Sangster and Paul Condon (Softback) (Collins, 2005)
Kaleidoscope would like to thank all our donors to the auction and charity table. The Willo The Wisp DVD was donated by Silva Screen Visual Entertainment. The TV Heaven book was donated by HarperCollins Publishers.
Available to buy from the
Kaleidoscope Charity Table:
Comics:
OINK! Comic - 18 issues between number 1 and number 23
Issue number 1 still has cover flexi-disc.
Comic features the work of Banx, J.T.Dogg, Haldane, Tony Husband, Mark Rodgers and Lew Stringer with strips such as "Tom Thug", "Mr Big Nose", "Harry The Head", "Roger Rental", "Pete And His Pimple" etc.
Books:
The Cult Films Of Christopher Lee by Jonathan Sothcott
Eaton Books 2000 (softback)
Oliver! And His Friends
A lively picture-book introduction to the colourful and exciting characters in the motion picture OLIVER! Storybook with numerous photos from the film.
Collins/Columbia Pictures 1968 (hardback - no dust jacket but might not have come with one)
Star Trek Memories by William Shatner with Chris Kreski
Harper Collins 1993 (hardback)
Monster And Horror Movies by Thomas G. Aylesworth
Bison Books for W. H. Smith 1986 (hardback - book in excellent condition but serious damage to the dust jacket)
Laurel & Hardy Life & Magic by Harry Hoppe
Trescher-Reihe 1994 (softcover)
Contains text in both English and German
Journal of the Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) appreciation society, Faithful Unto Death
Grave News issues 1 to 4
The quarterly journal of The Fantasy Factory
Channel D vol 1 nos 1 and 2; vol 2 nos 1, 2 and 4; vol 3 no1; vol 4 no 1
The journal of The Land Of The Giants appreciation society
Giants Log issues 9, 10, 15 - 23, 29 plus other Irwin Allen-related paraphernalia
Novels (Paperbacks):
Cyborg by Martin Caidin
Mayflower 1974 (paperback)
With cover flash "Now filmed for TV as THE $6,000,000 MAN"
The Box Of Delights by John Masefield
Fontana Lions 1984 (TV tie-in paperback edition)
Waggoners' Walk by Barbara Clegg and Alan Downer (BBC Books, 1975)
Enemy at the Door by James Andrew Hall (Futura, 1979)
Yes - Honestly by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham (Sphere, 1977)
The Omega Factor by Jack Gerson (BBC Books, 1979)
The Aphrodite Inheritance by Michael J. Bird (Star, 1979)
Special Branch: In At the Kill by John Eyers (Futura, 1976)
Novels (Hardbacks):
Barlow in Charge by Elwyn Jones (Book Club Associates, 1973)
Weatherfield Life: A Portrait of The Street, 1902-1992 by Daran Little and Bill Hill (Hardback) (Boxtree, 1992)
Annuals:
Tiswas 1982
Grange Hill 1985
Grange Hill 1986
...and much more including back issues of Time Screen and Primetime.
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