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NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER 2022
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The MCR21 Project, helped by a grant of £100,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, lasted three years starting in 2019. The Project  finished in July this year. As predicted in our Heritage Fund Project Plan, it ended with MCR21 being on display on the piazza at BBC's New Broadcasting House for three days at the end of July. On Friday 22nd July MCR21 featured on The One Show with Alex Jones interviewing Harry Coventry, MCR21's first senior cameraman.
Here is a short video showing the events in July
MCR21 PROJECT EVENTS - JULY 22

So was the Project a success in the eyes of the Heritage Fund?
 
"Thank you for submitting your final reporting, claim and evaluation.  
I thought the evaluation was excellent and the whole team should be proud of project achievements.  It was good to see the learning points in the evaluation, and drawing out strength's such as the development of a digital strategy and presence, the value of volunteer participation and well being, media coverage and your work with students.  It is good to see the project legacy and future plans."

Bridget, our Investment Manager at the Heritage Fund,
LOOKING BACK
3  YEARS OF RESTORATION


MCR21 At NEW BROADCASTING HOUSE
MCR21 and Harry Coventry star on The One Show
AMBERLEY MUSEUM JULY 22
           MCR21 on Display at Amberley Museum in July
The British Amateur Television Club transmitted pictures from Amberley around the world using the call sign GX5BBC
WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP JULY 2022
Claire Balding showed off MCR21 at Wimbledon to BBC 1 viewers at the start of of play on Sunday 3rd July. It was also an opportunity for the thousands of people at the Championships to see the unit.
GOODWOOD REVIVAL   SEPTEMBER 2021
MCR21 made its first public appearance just over a year ago at the Goodwood Revival in September 2021- It is always good to have a date to work too and MCR21 was looking good for its 'premiere',  if not complete.
RECREATING A 1960s TELEVISION OUTSIDE BROADCAST
In October 2019 students from Solent University get together with some of the original MCR21 crew to record a jazz concert for display on the monitors inside the 1960s TV outside broadcast unit
AMBERLEY MUSEUM   AUGUST 2019
The MCR21 Project was launched to the public at Amberley Museum one weekend in August 2019. There were displays, a quiz and lots about the history of BBC OBs but no MCR21 - that would happen nearly three years later.
THERE WERE MANY OTHER MEMORABLE MOMENTS
IN THE LAST 3 YEARS
MCR21 features on BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC TV South Today
MCR21 has been chosen as one of the 100 Objects
that tell the story of the BBC in this centenary year
- alongside Morph and the Meatsafe microphone.
Brian Summers receiving a Pye Mk 6 camera from the Science Museum at their Wroughton store. It did take 3 years of negotiations, but I am told that is quite quick!
    EDUCATION
Thinking of our younger generation, Alex at Geomotion produced this poster. It was sent to primary schools as part of an education pack, along with a video and quiz. You can watch the video, also produced by Alex, by clicking on the link below
MCR21 ANIMATION VIDEO
For a full history of the MCR21 Project over the past 3 years, check out the dozens of videos on our YouTube channel
YouTube
WHAT NOW?
While the National Lottery Heritage Fund Project is complete, MCR21 will still be on display. It has already been at the Camberley Car Show in August, followed by the West London Aero Club Families Day at White Waltham, and this month at Royal Holloway London University
Royal Holloway - A little wet at times but lots of interest from the students and staff - Thank you to Dr Nick Hall for organising our visit.
 
WHAT DO WE WANT?
VOLUNTEERS
First a Big Thank You to all the volunteers who have made the MCR21 Project possible. We still need that help to complete the restoration but also someone willing to work on other tasks like keeping our websites up to date.

A PLACE FOR MCR21 TO KEEP WARM AND DRY
We are on the search for undercover storage for MCR21 during the months of December, January and February. It needs to be fairly close to MCR21's base near Camberley.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Become a friend of MCR21 by setting up a monthly standing order to support the Broadcast Television Technology Trust.
We are also happy to accept unwanted broadcast equipment that we might sell for funds or even add to the growing Broadcast TV Technology Trust equipment collection. 
 



If you can help with any of the above, please contact us

Brian Summers or Nick Gilbey
brian@mcr21.org.uk  - nick@mcr21.org.uk
or telephone Nick 07831 219957

If you are willing to make a single donation, Please following the link below.

Thank you
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