Friends Programme, February 2007For the February Friends meeting on Wednesday 14th February we welcomed Brian Payne – giving a talk entitled “From Bagnal driver to Property Master in the British Film Industry”. Brian highlighted the role of the Property Master including the procurement or production, inventory, care and maintenance of all props associated with productions, ensuring that they are available on time, and within budgetary requirements. They also ensure that selected props suit the film's style and overall design, and that they accurately reflect the production's time period and culture. Brian included many anecdotes re well known stars in his very interesting talk based on a lifetime career. For the March Friends meeting on Wednesday 14th March we are very pleased to welcome back Richard Snailham for the fourth time – giving a talk entitled “Walk to the base camp of Mount Everest”. Richard has spoken to us previously in the Friends program on “Hidden Corners of Brittany”, “The Falklands in Winter” and “The Blue Nile”. Richard was a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for 25 years and is a worldwide expedition leader. He has participated in over 25 overseas expeditions and leader of 20 overseas tours. These include Ethiopia, China, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nepal, Mongolia and the Falklands. He is the Honorary Foreign Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. To date he has given over 1500 talks, to a wide range of organisations This promises to be another fascinating evening Format for the evening:-
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