2014 DWcon Manchester - The Grand Exhibition!
- Thread starter Jan Van Quirm
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It will be tricky to find somebody driving to this convention due to the severe lack of parking. I supplied a lot of cardboard for various 'build it' events at the last convention because I could park. This year I am on the train as there is nowhere to leave a car at anything like a sensible price so they will have do do without building materials
Next week begins the Restoration of the Great A'tuin coffee table - we're bringing him up with us to Manchester for the Art Exhibition so we've got a major clean-up job getting rid of 10 years worth of dust in between elephant tootsies, touching up flaky paintwork and sticking tusks back on that have been knocked off by waggy tails... :doh:
He's coming up in the car with us so it's gonna cost a fortune to park up for the duration, but he's worth sharing - my Dad would have been so chuffed!
He's coming up in the car with us so it's gonna cost a fortune to park up for the duration, but he's worth sharing - my Dad would have been so chuffed!
Visited the Palace today where the very very nice chap and chapesses of the committee gave me some of their valuable time to show me around, and identify a back door where I can unload my Angst (now, there's a thing!)
Very much appreciated.
It looks like it's going to be a great event. The venue has a certain opulence about it - I expected [Hercule Poirot] to appear round a corner... feel free to insert your own character in the [..] !
Very much appreciated.
It looks like it's going to be a great event. The venue has a certain opulence about it - I expected [Hercule Poirot] to appear round a corner... feel free to insert your own character in the [..] !
Literally just received this on email 
Very, very sad news but, having seen a videoed interview with Terry at the Irish Con last year not altogether surprising as he did appear to be quite frail and (for him) having a little difficulty in following the flow of the conversation although he was quite coherent and fulsome in keeping his own side of the dialogue going. Although it certainly won't be the same without Terry being present in person it sounds like Rob will be doing his best to keep things cooking and exciting stuff like the premiere of Troll Bridge with director Daniel Knight and interesting new guests like Ben Aaronovich coming along will still mean we'll have tons of fun and lots to look forward to :dance:
Very, very sad news but, having seen a videoed interview with Terry at the Irish Con last year not altogether surprising as he did appear to be quite frail and (for him) having a little difficulty in following the flow of the conversation although he was quite coherent and fulsome in keeping his own side of the dialogue going. Although it certainly won't be the same without Terry being present in person it sounds like Rob will be doing his best to keep things cooking and exciting stuff like the premiere of Troll Bridge with director Daniel Knight and interesting new guests like Ben Aaronovich coming along will still mean we'll have tons of fun and lots to look forward to :dance:
Exactly! 
The biggest pity of it is that Terry always seems to be having a whale of a time at the conventions I've been to and loves mixing with everyone, especially away from the function rooms.. :shifty: I think he's been very courageous in admitting he's not up to this kind of get together any more - with Skype and having some organised Q&A interviews I expect he'll still be involved remotely a fair bit in things as they go on and be able to relax in familiar suroundings at home and enjoy watching some of the events going on without the down side of having to be shepherded around the corridors and crowds all the time.
The biggest pity of it is that Terry always seems to be having a whale of a time at the conventions I've been to and loves mixing with everyone, especially away from the function rooms.. :shifty: I think he's been very courageous in admitting he's not up to this kind of get together any more - with Skype and having some organised Q&A interviews I expect he'll still be involved remotely a fair bit in things as they go on and be able to relax in familiar suroundings at home and enjoy watching some of the events going on without the down side of having to be shepherded around the corridors and crowds all the time.