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‘Clearing out the News VT Library at BBC Pebble Mill sixteen years ago. Preparing for the move to the Mailbox. My previous manager Garry Campbell looking on wistfully.
I was by this time working in the newsroom on BBC Birmingham Online but still daily visited my old offices next to the newsroom, sad to see them being emptied. Harvinder plugging a beta tape into a machine in the newsroom in the second photo.’
Steve Johnson
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The following is from Annie Gumbley-Williams:
I have received news from Simon Shaw of the recent passing of his father, Lincoln ‘Sam’ Shaw.
I remember Sam when I worked on Radio Birmingham & Midlands Today in the 1970s to 80s. The photograph is of Sam in 1972 when he was Regional News Editor. I worked also with his son Simon, at Pebble Mill, when he was still in education, he used to come into Radio Birmingham to answer the phones on our Saturday Sports programme. Simon is now Executive Producer on the Antiques Roadshow. There’s a lovely photo on of his mother & father’s wedding on the opening titles.
Simon has sent the following:-
Lincoln “Sam” Shaw is a legendary name in the annals of Pebble Mill and Broad Street BBC history. Sadly we have received news of his recent death at the age of 93. Lincoln passed away peacefully in Torbay Hospital on February 19th. Many will remember Lincoln, either from his work as news editor on Midlands Today in the 60’s and 70’s, or from his days as Managing Editor English Regional Television which saw him broaden his responsibility for 8 regions across the UK. Those with longer memories may also know he was part of the pioneering small team that made the first local radio experiment in the 1960s. His son Simon tells us that Lincoln and wife Patricia enjoyed a life changing experience when he moved to south Devon in the 1980s by going back to the shop floor working as a reporter for the newly launched Radio Devon. Work that saw him filing reports until recently which recognised as the BBCs longest serving reporter. Luckily he managed to combine his work with golfing on some of the countries finest courses where he was regularly seen playing in to his 90s. His fulfilling and rich life will be celebrated in a memorial in early April at Dartington Hall. For more details please contact lincolnsmemorial@yahoo.com
The following comments were left on the Pebble Mill Facebook page:
Roger Sutton: ‘Sam and I were members of the same golf club for a number of years but our paths never crossed at Pebble Mill. I have fond memories of our time on the course. A lovely man.’
David Shute: ‘A real gent and very agreeable colleague. Hope he’s having fun in the newsroom in the sky.’
Broadcaster and music historian Chris Phipps was asked to complete a 50 year history with metal masters Black Sabbath by co-interviewing the original lineup in Dublin for the movie “BLACK SABBATH – THE END”.
Chris interviewed them regularly in the 70s for BBC Radio Birmingham’s rock show “HEAVY PRESSURE” and introduced them in a rare live appearance on BBC Midlands “LOOK! HEAR!” when they were fronted by Ozzy Osbourne’s replacement — now a collector’s item for Sabbs fans.
You can see the results on Sky Arts this MARCH–“a great honour to see them again on great form and work again with director Dick Carruthers”, says Chris.
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Midlands Today presenters Diane Kemp and Richard Uridge, with producer Maureen Carter between them. Judging how smart everyone looks, this may be from an awards event.
Thanks to Maureen Carter for sharing the photo.
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Photo of Midlands Today in Studio B. Presenter Diane Kemp is on the right.
This photo was originally shared on the Pebble Mill Engineers Facebook page.