Question for Simon re. Factory Visit 2008

edthened · Jan 10, 2008

Och ay, a wood like tae be counted in tae pleese !!!!

Martin Aislabie · Jan 10, 2008

I would like to come if there is space.
This would be the first time for me
Thanks
Martin

bogeyes · Jan 10, 2008

Count me in, I have not attended any of the previous tours.

andybarton · Jan 20, 2008

I would also be very interested in a factory visit.

FYI, Keith Cocker above has kindly placed a link to this thread on the Leica Users Forum

ITD · Jan 21, 2008

I'm interested. Not been before.

keffs · Jan 21, 2008

I am interested and have not been before.

Steve

Ronald Moravec · Jan 21, 2008

How about a virtual tour for those who live in Chicago?

Dave Miller · Jan 21, 2008

Ronald Moravec said:
How about a virtual tour for those who live in Chicago?

Could be difficult since quite a bit of it is done in the dark. I suppose you could sit looking at a black computer screen while Simon tells you about it.

kraker · Jan 21, 2008

Dave Miller said:
Could be difficult since quite a bit of it is done in the dark. I suppose you could sit looking at a black computer screen while Simon tells you about it.

That's no match for the real thing. You'd have to walk around in a huge, huge, huge (did I mention "huge"?) darkroom with only the occassional safelight to get close to the real experience. And then there the "multimedia experience": the great smell of the paper... like opening a 100-pack of 8x10, only then at least a 100.000 pack; the vastness of the darkness, tripping over people from previous year's visit...

Honestly, there's nothing like the real visit!

(Did I mention the storage room of the emulsion? Hmmm, you gotta love that smell!)

Akki14 · Jan 21, 2008

kraker said:
Honestly, there's nothing like the real visit!

(Did I mention the storage room of the emulsion? Hmmm, you gotta love that smell!)

Don't forget jiggling the expensive jelly!

hka · Jan 22, 2008

It reminds me to take my flash with me...

Fintan · Jan 22, 2008

I'd like to make the trip from Ireland if there's space.

MartinP · Feb 14, 2008

Ooooh, if there is any room left I will travel from NL specially to visit ! The group-size of thirty could probably be filled several times over.....

In case it is applicable, thank you to the generous guys who might pass up a second/third visit to let us first-timers in.

ALTJPG · Feb 14, 2008

Paul. said:
Hi Simon,

Hello Simon

We met last year in Louis Lumiere photography school with Ilford French staff. I will be happy to visit the Moberley site. June isn't the best month in term of free time for teachers but I am fully motivated by the idea.

Best regards from East Paris

Jean-Paul Gandolfo

delphine · Feb 15, 2008

I'd love to join, but unfortunately won't be in the UK beginning of June.

Will you do a visit next year?

tim_walls · Feb 15, 2008

Ronald Moravec said:
How about a virtual tour for those who live in Chicago?

The Ilford factory is spitting distance from Manchester airport.

Dead Link Removedfly direct from Chicago O'Hare to Manchester.

hka · Feb 25, 2008

Question for Simon

Simon,
Can you tell us what the situation is about the Factory Visit. Do you have enough people to go on with it.
I asked you this because I need to look after some (cheap ) flight tickets to the UK.
Thanks.

Simon R Galley · Feb 28, 2008

Dear Harry,

I think its in the balance, unless we accepted some previous visitors :

Lets see if we have any more takers

Regards

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

Dave Miller · Feb 28, 2008

Simon R Galley said:
Dear Harry,

I think its in the balance, unless we accepted some previous visitors :

Lets see if we have any more takers

Regards

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

How many more would you like?

Simon R Galley · Feb 29, 2008

About another 10

Simon ILFORD photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

Matt5791 · Feb 29, 2008

Hi Simon,

I'm definitely up for it (again) although I came last year. I never tire of the fascination of the Ilford factory!

Fintan · Feb 29, 2008

Do you guys know what time it starts and finishes, I'm looking at the ferry/accom and stuff.

edthened · Feb 29, 2008

Och I would definitely put my name down to go as I have never been before!!

MartinP · Mar 1, 2008

Likely date ?

Hallo Simon,

Originally the date of Friday 6th.June was mentioned as a possibility. Is that still on, depending on numbers etc, as you mentioned above ?

Also, if there is a final decision being made on a visit going ahead, please could I ask that it is six weeks, or more, in advance ? That makes the transport and time-off arrangements much more do-able for us living in nearby lands . . .

Oh, and if it is 'on' I will try to bring along my 17 year old nephew, who has recently discovered silver, so that would be two persons total.

Simon R Galley · Mar 3, 2008

The Go / No Go will be by the end of March :

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

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