Comments on: Valued stories from the rank and file http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/ History of Western Australia's Television Industry Mon, 18 Jul 2022 03:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Stewart Richmond http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/comment-page-1/#comment-2707 Thu, 05 May 2011 08:18:08 +0000 http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/#comment-2707 G’day Everyone. I was Director of Sports at TVW back in the early eighties. Also helped out in News for Ruddy (John Rudd) and produced several weeks of State Affair.
Terrific site and opporunity to see what everyone is doing.
Stewart Richmond
now Director of News STW and WIN WA

]]> By: Sue Contos http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:05:35 +0000 http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/#comment-1680 I have only just come across this website and amusing stories from my time with 7 flashed back. The first two header News, Tom Blackburn and myself….Whilst reading the News it was known as the comedy half hour! Sam Kronja laughing off camera, and at times on the sidelines trying to grab our attention whilst reading from the prompter. I am now working in Kenya, I have a school here and it has become my iife http://www.kenya.net.au My daughter Sarah, who I was pregnant with whilst at 7 is now 34 years, goodness where has the time gone.
Thank you for the website, every now and then I often think…whatever happened too..?

Thank you for the opportunity to say hello to all.

]]> By: Julius Re http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:38:12 +0000 http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/#comment-1265 For 2 years I turned up at the world of sport to give the soccer news. Harry Kelly had promised to give soccer 10 minutes and very Sunday there was some reason why I would miss going on the show. I became a bit of a joke with all the rules men. After 2 years and not 1 monment on the so called world of sport. I gave it to Big Al Newman he got 10 minutes very other Sunday. Al was sports sub at the Western Australia. it gave me the chance to meet a lot of people I would have met. It got me on to the Sportmens Assocation board so it did some good.
Julius Re

]]> By: Quentin Hall http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:49:30 +0000 http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/#comment-1238 A story that I was told by my late father (Tom Hall) was after shooting the footage of the Dwellingup fires in January 1961 , he raced it back to Tuart Hill, made up a wooden frame up, got into the darkroom and wound the 16mm exposed film around the frame and then processed to hand develop the footage. It was put to air without any edits as the news was already “going to air”. I wonder if the footage still exists?

It was family connection time out at Channel 7 in those days as my uncle and aunt worked the canteen (George & Folly Briggs).

]]> By: Jan Newland http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:42:57 +0000 http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/#comment-1228 Wow — Dick Dallimore told me about this last night and I have just been trawling through all those names from the past. What a great time I had there. Has anyone got a pic of those uniforms we had to wear? The hem had to be 4 inches from the floor when kneeling and do you remember the no mistakes policy when typing – all the girls had two garbage bins for all their mistakes. And, can anyone remember the handsome wage we were paid? Sorry I can’t be there to say hello.
Cheers, Jan Newland

]]> By: Rowan McGregor http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:25:39 +0000 http://watvhistory.com/2009/06/valued-stories-from-the-rank-and-file/#comment-1217 I worked in the TVW offices in Sydney under Stan Fildes from 1978 to 1986. I notice Bill Drewe has posted a few comments, another of my old bosses at TVW Sydney. In that office worked a few characters including Geoff Hill and David Farr, and we also represented SAS 10 Sales. Great Days. Predecessors in that office included John McAlpine and Ian Gow, later to become industry heavies in more ways than one. I eventually moved to Perth and worked for GWN with the Bendat family, and then was a founder member of the NEW 10 team. Bill McKenzie, Stuart Joynt, Jo Ann Ledger, David Fare, Ken Donnachy, Ian McRae were a few of the names that were ex Seven. I live in the UK now, so won’t be able to be there. Have fun.

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