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Post by Simon Winters on Oct 6, 2007 13:47:47 GMT
I know this is totally off topic, but ITV Anglia is currently showing footage of the old Anglia knight and horse on the opening titles of its 6pm news bulletins.
It has what appears to be lots of school children standing around it and sketching it - but the knight is gold on these titles, as opposed to silver.
Which leads me to wonder if Anglia House, and the knight (which was at reception) is still there.
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Oct 6, 2007 18:20:02 GMT
I remember reading on the net it's in a museum somewhere.
I always associate it with Nicholas Parsons and the Sale of the Century.
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Oct 6, 2007 18:26:49 GMT
A blog mentions the Mustard museum Simon if you are planning a pilgrimage to offer homage!  |
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Oct 6, 2007 18:27:35 GMT
Gool old Alan Hayes has a good piccie of Anglia House on wikipedia too.
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Post by Stephen Doran on Oct 7, 2007 8:55:07 GMT
Quiz show Gambit around 1978 had the Anglia Knight on too.
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Post by paulw on Oct 7, 2007 11:06:35 GMT
Living in Norwich, I can tell you that Anglia House (the building, anyway) is still there, although I'm not sure if it's much in use. I know Anglia's main studio just down the road (this is where in the recent past (shudder) 'Trisha' was filmed) has recently been vacated and is now a studio-for-hire. As for the Anglian Knight, again not sure -- it hasn't been in use on television since about 1987/88 when it was replaced with the animated flag logo
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Post by William Martin on Oct 8, 2007 12:35:42 GMT
was it a revel model sprayed silver or is this a nasty rumour?
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Post by Jan Charles on Oct 8, 2007 13:33:48 GMT
Dick Joyce (Anglia's very own Jack Hargreaves) spotted it in a jeweler's shop, when he was out getting some new slop buckets for his farm.
So it was not bespoke, but was thought to be a trophy ordered to be made by some organisation for an award ceremony that never happened, so ended up in the shop window as a set piece that was not actually for sale at the time.
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Post by robb on Oct 8, 2007 17:40:11 GMT
and the grammophone dansette turntable ??
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Post by William Martin on Oct 9, 2007 14:11:59 GMT
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Post by paul welton on Oct 15, 2007 15:29:00 GMT
The silver knight stood in Norwich Castle Museum when I looked round years ago,in a glass case methinks.
No idea if it is still there,but the staff would probably point you in the right direction.
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Post by Jeremy Williams on Oct 16, 2007 7:37:36 GMT
Isn't it lucky that the knight had the "Anglia" logo on his flag! Dick probably wouldn't of bought it otherwise! ;D
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