Dear Ilford (a fanciful dream)

Simon R Galley · Jul 25, 2011

No you have to phone our UK customer service 0044 (0) 1565 650000

tkamiya · Jul 25, 2011

I bet if you put that on APUG classified, you may be able to get rid of many....

Of course, it will need to be packaged in a screw top canister

Ottrdaemmerung · Jul 25, 2011

I'd certainly be interested in one of the t-shirts, but I'm in the U.S. I'm sure there's quite a few of us who'd want one.

BrianShaw · Jul 25, 2011

I'd be interested in a Datsun 510, if anyone is going to start making htem again.

lxdude · Jul 25, 2011

cmacd123 said:
Hey - I took my drivers test in a bluebird (sold as a 510 in Canada). Great little car.

Me too, back in '71. Great little car, indeed.

And I'm with Brian on a new one, too.

Dave in Kansas · Jul 25, 2011

I'd like to have an Ilford t-shirt too.

I just love Pan F.

Dave

erikg · Jul 25, 2011

What Dave said, on both counts.

Erik

Martin Aislabie · Jul 25, 2011

I cannot vouch for the Tee Shirts but the Ilford Polo Shirts are excellent - and hard wearing too

Martin

holmburgers · Jul 25, 2011

Ahhh... that bringing back Dufaycolor line was going to be in my letter once all the world stops making color film.

Sirius Glass · Jul 25, 2011

Simon R Galley said:
I remember the plea from the heart for ILFORD branded t shirts etc, I made them, and many of you did buy them ( thanks very much to all who did ) but the remaining ones have been around so long we are thinking of inviting them to the company Christmas party....

I would rather have the t shirt than an old film emulsion. I am very happy with FP4 and HP5+. I am especially happy that I can still get a traditional grained emulsion with an ISO 400 in 4"x5" film. Ok, 5"x4" for you.

Would Ilford consider putting a Classified Ad in APUG that would allow say 1,000 [this is a bogie for the sake of an example] shirts to be sold as a minimum before any would be shipped? If the bogie of 1,000 was not made in 60 days, the offer would be withdrawn, no harm, no foal. If the bogie was made, then Ilford would sell what the could before the orders dropped to the point that it was not worth continuing.

Steve

michaelbsc · Jul 25, 2011

tkamiya said:
I bet if you put that on APUG classified, you may be able to get rid of many....

Of course, it will need to be packaged in a screw top canister

Group buy!!!!

Who has a retail outlet that can organize?

If they are <20USD each Ill take two.

steven_e007 · Jul 25, 2011

Deviating just slightly from fanciful dreams about retro emulsions...

I wonder: Does Harman still own the brand names that were bought up by Ilford over the years?

I have some vague recollection of some paper appearing with the 'Barnett' name on it a while back - what was all that about?

How about Rajar, Britannia, Wellington and Ward? Is it possible that some of these classic names and logo's might make an appearance at some point?

E76 · Jul 25, 2011

Simon R Galley said:
No you have to phone our UK customer service 0044 (0) 1565 650000

Are these t-shirts available for US customers? I would love to have one!

Sirius Glass · Jul 25, 2011

Sirius Glass said:
I would rather have the t shirt than an old film emulsion. I am very happy with FP4 and HP5+. I am especially happy that I can still get a traditional grained emulsion with an ISO 400 in 4"x5" film. Ok, 5"x4" for you.

Would Ilford consider putting a Classified Ad in APUG that would allow say 1,000 [this is a bogie for the sake of an example] shirts to be sold as a minimun before any would be shipped? If the bogie of 1,000 was not made in 60 days, the offer would be withdrawn, no harm, no foal. If the bogie was made, then Ilford would sell what the could before the orders dropped to the point that it was not worth continuing.

Steve

E76 said:
Are these t-shirts available for US customers? I would love to have one!

In a way, that is what I was asking.

Steve

Sirius Glass · Jul 25, 2011

Sirius Glass said:
I would rather have the t shirt than an old film emulsion. I am very happy with FP4 and HP5+. I am especially happy that I can still get a traditional grained emulsion with an ISO 400 in 4"x5" film. Ok, 5"x4" for you.

Would Ilford consider putting a Classified Ad in APUG that would allow say 1,000 [this is a bogie for the sake of an example] shirts to be sold as a minimum before any would be shipped? If the bogie of 1,000 was not made in 60 days, the offer would be withdrawn, no harm, no foal. If the bogie was made, then Ilford would sell what the could before the orders dropped to the point that it was not worth continuing.

Steve

E76 said:
Are these t-shirts available for US customers? I would love to have one!

In a way, that is what I was asking.

Steve

vegardjde · Jul 25, 2011

I'll buy a t-shirt

cmacd123 · Jul 25, 2011

I wonder if Simon talked to the folks at Freestyle, they they might clear out the T-shirts in no time. First I have herd of them! My ILFORD camera strap carried my Pentax for many years, and I would probably be still using my ILFORD mugs if they were a bit bigger....

But if I could get a 2XL Ilford shirt for 25US shipped to canada, I am in!

cmacd123 · Jul 25, 2011

OT Datusn PL510

tomalophicon said:
Those 510s were brilliant. Weren't they a 2 door version of the 1600?

Depends on the market, and the model year, In Canada 1971 they were 2, 4, hachback and wagon. Mine (My Dads) was a 4 door with a BW full automatic transmission.

Simon R Galley · Jul 26, 2011

Historic Note :

Interesting names above...

I am sitting here at Mobberley in the Cheshire countryside on a site bought in 1903 by the RAJAR photo company of Liverpool, the old building at the front has the stone RAJAR sign outside. They moved here when it became too atmospherically polluted in Liverpool to coat...so they needed the clean, country air. ILFORD bought RAJAR and inherited the site, that in 1984 became the main coating site when all the factories in and around London were closed.

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

railwayman3 · Jul 26, 2011

Simon R Galley said:
Historic Note :

Interesting names above...

I am sitting here at Mobberley in the Cheshire countryside on a site bought in 1903 by the RAJAR photo company of Liverpool, the old building at the front has the stone RAJAR sign outside. They moved here when it became too atmospherically polluted in Liverpool to coat...so they needed the clean, country air. ILFORD bought RAJAR and inherited the site, that in 1984 became the main coating site when all the factories in and around London were closed.

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

A nice old ad for Rajar:-

http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10301477&screenwidth=1345

(I think it's the Science Museum website...would like to get a framed copy for my study, but they're a bit pricey right now. )

darkosaric · Jul 26, 2011

mr.datsun said:
Now, how many people would love to buy a film packaged like that!

I would! Great package

Mick Fagan · Jul 26, 2011

I would suggest that you telephone the number Simon has given and order a T shirt, it's that simple.

I have one, all it took was a very late night (for me) telephone call and one of the Ilford T shirts made it's way to sunny Australia.

I'm not the only one as I have seen another Ilford T shirt walking around in Melbourne

Mick.

Sirius Glass · Jul 26, 2011

Mick Fagan said:
... I have seen another Ilford T shirt walking around in Melbourne

Mick.

Yeah, in college one of the guys in the dorm never washed his clothes and they walked around too.

erikg · Jul 26, 2011

When they start talking back is when you need worry!

mr.datsun · Jul 28, 2011

Dear Simon,
thank-you for taking the time to respond.

Of course, I understand that such things are fantasy and that those old emulsions are probably at best impossible to revive whether for commercial and/or technical reasons. I appreciate the historical factors and have been aware of the hoops that the Impossible Project have had to jump through reproduce Polaroid film using modern materials, for example. All in all, I'm just grateful that a company like Ilford has made the effort to keep it's whole range of B&W silver halide emulsions in production to this day. That is small miracle in itself.

So, assuming that we are not going to see HP3 or 4 any time soon I accept the challenge of finding ways of pushing (no pun intended) HP5+ to it's historical, material and poetic limits!

Regards

Datsun i Datsun

ps. It's nice to know that someone at Ilford is watching what goes on at a forum of film users, pro and amateur alike.

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