If Auntie ain't interested....

[John Wall]

I've seen a few posts to the effect that, in some cases, the BBC Sound Archive doesn't seem interested in lost material.

There are, of course, other organisations interested in this sort of material.

www.radiocraft.co.uk/directory/allied_groups.htm

www.oldtimeradiofans.com/links.php

I've been a member of ORCA, the Old-Time Radio Show Collectors Association, for a number of years.

[Gary Critcher]

blimey! I was a member of ORCA before Barry Hill (I think) went to America!

[John Wall]

Jan 20, 2009 23:54:09 GMT Gary Critcher said:

blimey! I was a member of ORCA before Barry Hill (I think) went to America!

So was I. He's now in the great archive in the sky.

[Gary Critcher]

John, do you know happened to his huge collection? I think was literally a wharehouse full??

[John Wall]

Jan 20, 2009 23:59:45 GMT Gary Critcher said:

John, do you know happened to his huge collection? I think was literally a wharehouse full??

I remember him moving to the US of A so that the collection could be stored/preserved better. I presume it's still around - ORCA is still going strong.

[Peter Chadwick]

Feb 5, 2009 11:43:23 GMT John Wall said:

Jan 20, 2009 23:59:45 GMT Gary Critcher said:

John, do you know happened to his huge collection? I think was literally a wharehouse full??

I remember him moving to the US of A so that the collection could be stored/preserved better. I presume it's still around - ORCA is still going strong.

IIRC, it was the only place where his collection could be kept in one piece, too.