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The Felixstowe
PS Celebrate their Diamond Jubilee!
Founded
in 1948 & now in the year of 2008, covering 60 years
as a Society. Early in 2007 and we should have a celebration
of this important milestone in the Society’s history.
The event was held on the 14th February 2008, in the
presence of 53 members & invited guests, who were
leading representatives of the The Felixstowe Society;
The Felixstowe Museum; Felixstowe Old Peoples Welfare
Association & the founder members of the Beyond
Photographic Group, Russ & Barbie Lindsay, who started
her photographic career in 1981 with Felixstowe PS,
using a modest Ricoh compact camera & little knowledge
of photography. Barbie, as most of us know, is now a
well known photographic personality throughout the EAF
& indeed nationally, with many photo distinctions
to her name.
The
evening began with a short welcoming speech from President
George Buxton, who then proceeded to outline the beginnings
of photography in Felixstowe at the turn of the last
Century, to the formation of the club in 1948 and the
changes to the technical side of photography & the
kind of equipment used within the club’s history up
to the present day.
Tony
Colbourn put on some 8mm movie footage from 1978, of
the last ever rides on Charlie Manning’s Scenic Railway
prior to its demolition. This was followed by more footage,
documenting the damage caused to Felixstowe seafront
by a storm surge during the same year.
A
previous President, Peter Barratt then read out the
minutes from the inaugural meeting of the club followed
by our remaining founder member, Geoff Cordy being
interviewed by our youngest member, Catherine Godbold on Geoff’s personal memories throughout his 60
years with the club Diamond Jubilee 2008
The
next item was a digital projection showing historical
photographs of Felixstowe & its people at the turn
of the 19th Century, followed by pictures of various
meetings, exhibitions & outings run by the club
during its history.
To
take us up to the tea-break, about 20 or so conventional
colour slides were shown depicting Felixstowe from the
Docks Viewpoint to the Deben Ferry. Included were slides
of the demolition of the Cavendish Pub, next to the
Amusement Park, also the new sea wall being constructed
in the “Dip” after the 1978 storm surge.
For
the tea-break, a sumptuous buffet was provided by the
members, including a special birthday cake with the
club logo printed in the icing was cut by Geoff Cordy.
During the break, members & guests had time to look
round the static displays of old equipment, photographs
& photographic publications printed from about 1948
& beyond.
The
representatives of the Felixstowe Museum had brought
some of their vast archived photographic library for
inspection, in the form of several large archivally
preserved photograph albums. Many of the old prints
were by a Mr Emeny, a well known sea side photographer
operating in Felixstowe during the late 1800’s &
early1900’s.
The
evening was concluded with the club entering the 21st
Century and the Digital Revolution, depicted by a digital
projection of the images we had entered for the annual
Cambridge Digital Interclub Competition 2008, together
with 30 minutes of Digital Audio Visual presentations
by various members.
Meetings
are held at the Senior Citizens’ Centre, Orwell
Road, Felixstowe. Anyone
interested in digital or conventional photography is more than welcome to join.
We cater for beginners in the craft as well as the more experienced worker. All
meetings begin at 7-30 pm unless otherwise stated.
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