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Thread #131986   Message #2981869
Posted By: johnadams
07-Sep-10 - 06:43 PM
Thread Name: Doc Rowe - The Rite of Autumn - BBC radio
Subject: RE: Doc Rowe on Radio 3 tonight (UK)
It might be just a bit too early for listen again. The rest of the series is available for 7 days so there's no reason to think this one won't be included.

I've just had a long conversation with Doc and confirmed the details of a new move for the archive. It's going to Whitby!

During September and October the archive will be set up in a business centre on The Ropery, the road behind the Middle Earth Tavern. It's more secure and also a better environment for the tapes and paper.

This opens up lots of possibilities for the archive including events during Whitby Festival. Importantly, it also brings the archive within easy reach of Doc's northern base in Robin Hood's Bay, meaning that he can more easily do some of the development work that is needed to get the archive contents more accessible. Hooray!

Any one off donations at this time would be be especially welcome to help finance the move.

Also, as the new premises are more expensive by a couple of grand per year, new sponsors would be great. We run a scheme called "Buy Doc A Pint", where we donate the price of a pint every month to support the archive. He never gets to drink it of course, but occasionally people do bump into him in a pub and buy him a real pint as well!

A page where you could "Buy Doc A Pint"