Tuesday, 7 January 2025

2025

2025

January

8 - the new year kicks off with a lengthy post on GB from Aron Challinger, stating that the delays with curating the Melbourne hoarder's collection is that the entire hoard has moved universities twice. It now sits with the University of Southern Queensland.

However in a subsequent post, Aron says that despite the hoarder possibly having taped "all of 60's Doctor Who", the tapes were most likely the ones that were thrown out before Aron was contacted.

10 - Aron makes 2 more fascinating posts giving further background as to what the Melbourne collector recorded - here and here.

February

25 - On X, FIF post an intriguing picture of a huge hoard of film cans, stating they were found in a collector's shed and there are more inside the house. They post that it will take them until at least Christmas to catalogue everything.

March

11 - On FB, FIF announce their new podcast. An extract featuring Tim Burrows speaking with John Rankin is hereFIF's Vimeo account is located here, with a second extract from the podcast available here, where John talks about dealing with private collectors.

Future episodes will feature Sue Malden, formerly of BBC Archives, and Paul Vanezis.



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2025 January 8 - the new year kicks off with a lengthy post  on GB from Aron Challinger, stating that the delays with curating the Melbourne...