Good evening all

Local history is not my forte and I am posting as a trustee of Footsteps-(The Whaley Bridge Community Trust) in response not only to Jenny and Rockbanker but to the people that have asked me about the collection since the recent slide show at the Mechanics Institute.

The trust has purchased the right of use to approximately 2000 images scanned from plates and negatives (the Alan Shaw collection). 

I can understand that many on this forum will be eager to see them and we will discuss how this can happen.  Any work will be undertaken by volunteers and I should imagine this will be quite a task.

Some of you undoubtably will have a greater knowledge of this collection than myself and I invite you to contribute to this thread.

Cheers

Edited by user 03 July 2012 21:10:42(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Thanks for your observations Norm

I am sorry that R.S-S is suddenly unable to comment and thank you for doing so on his behalf.  He is I should imagine the forum member with the greatest knowledge of this collection and we will look forward to his input when he is feeling better.

Whatever the Community Trust decides to do will be in the best interests of the community we serve which was the reason for purchase.

Over the carnival weekend I was lucky enough to see another collection of Alan Shaw photos and it would be interesting- to avoid duplication, in light of R. S-S's revelation-to know just how many others have copies or the "rights" to these images before we make the Trusts available to what might be a saturated market.

Cheers, and keep your ideas coming everyone

Barry

PS-as we do not have a PM facility -feel free to ring me if you have any queries.

Edited by user 04 July 2012 06:20:38(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Good evening Norm

The originals have been scanned by the trust and are now in our possession in digital format.  We will discuss at the earliest opportunity precisely what to do with them. 

It seems that most of these are already in the hands of private individuals but not readily available for viewing by the public.

I should imagine that this situation will change soon

Cheers

Barry

Hi

I have not been in touch with R.S-S since I knew he was ill, I will let him contact me if he wishes, so what I mention now is because I have known him for years and what he has said in the past. Now I don't know exactly what is in all these different collections, so I can only go by what I have been told. He did tell me a bit ago that most of photographs he and Shallcross have put on this site have been readily available for purchase in Whaley in the last forty years or so, or at least copies of them. So I suppose the collection is already quite well known to the type of person that likes/collects old photos, and is available to that type of person.

R.S-S  told me a year or so ago, and I believe he put this on this forum, that he does not wish his photographs to be hidden in a cupboard and his wish is to put them all on this forum for all to enjoy in the fullness of time. But I do believe him when he just said to me last week that he feels to blanket the web, or even this site, will be the end of this forum. He prefers to do it in a controlled manor. I know this gives the impression he likes to control it and to a certain extent that is true, but only because he feels deeply in history and thinks that is the best way to do it. That is what he has done in the last five or six years and his idea was to continue in that manor. I must admit I thought it was working quiet nicely, it created discussion etc from other people.

It would be nice to get an impression what the people of Whaley think about this, I am a bit amazed about lack of response, especially if you dissagree with what I am saying, after all I don't even live in Whaley.  So why bother I hear you say.

Norm 

Edited by user 08 July 2012 14:19:21(UTC)  | Reason: typos and a bit more :)

Well, actually no. Although I agree with you and you showing support, if I was a betting chap I could have sort of predicted that. So thank you for the post  and it is support for R.S-S so cannot be ignored. Probably we cannot stop these 2000 pics going on the web, but maybe not on this forum. That way members of this forum can pick them, add them here and discuss. So not swamping this forum and giving R.S-S sort of what he wanted. Thanks for the reply though Glenda, much appreciated, even after what I said.

Norm 

Good evening Well Known Norm.

So sorry to hear about the condition of R. S-S. Lets hope he gets better sooner rather than later. This forum won't be the same without his contributions.

With reference to posting pictures on the forum I totally agree with R. S-S and Digger's comments.
 

I have to admit snoopy I have as many questions than answers. Obviously I am not party to all this. I have enough trouble trying to find out what requires to be done, if anything.

When I read the first post I was a bit excited of the prospect of being involved with a project of doing something to help with the photos. Now it seems it is a minefield, so I will bow out graciously, or at least bow out I don't do graciously. All a bit too much really, and not something I want to be involved in considering my connections with members on this forum.

Norm 

Thank you for replying as the only trustee who is probably on this forum. 

I must take to task the statement about "those that control the forum" nobody controls the forum. If some people wish to decide when they want to post, and what they post, that is their right and nobody can say otherwise. I knew when I used the word control it would turn out like this, I did explain the reason so a full discussion could take place.

Is it possible to answer some of Snoopy's questions here, so we all know the answer? I cannot see what is wrong with us all knowing, so everything is equal so to speak, rather than individual phone calls.

Norm

Your reply to the questions asked is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

First of all you start a thread that leads people into thinking you have access and the authority to to a large selection of historical photographs and now berate them for wanting to know more.

If you have no interest in the past then why put a thread on that indicates you are? If you do not have the authority to share these pictures or assist in sharing them on the forum then put the case to the Offical Press Officer and let us have his/her opinion whether or not the pictures will be made avaiable.

I can understand the views of some of the forum members. They may have large collections of historical photographs and cross referenceing them with the ones you imply are avaiable would be a mammoth task.

If you cannot promote the history of Whaley Bridge, or are not interested in it, then leave it to those are passionate about it and put in a sterling effort to promote the toen and its history.

OK everyone, let's settledown, chill out and wait.