Comments on: One Man, A Scanner, One Shoebox Of Negatives

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:12:16 +0000

Hi Karl
Long time no see, hope you are well, excellent website, some of the articles and photos brought back some great memories of the 80′s. I will have to see if I can dig out any old photos, if I find any I’ll send them across
Look after yourself
Cheers

By: Karl Bedingfield

Karl Bedingfield — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:02:31 +0000

We do have some pictures from said discos but they are from my era (early to mid 80s). You can view them here.

By: Alan Youngman

Alan Youngman — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:39:07 +0000

Being the younger brother and cousin to some of the ‘Mods’ featured in your pages i’d just like to say that it brings back good memories. I was wondering whether anyone had any pictures from the Rugby/Football Club Disco’s and The Ely College’s infamous fancy dress christmas disco’s circa late 1980′s early 1990′s that may have shown me and some of ‘the lads’ i.e Andy Whytock, Iain Vigar, Andy Bland, Richard Yardy, Alan Angier etc as it would be good to take a stroll down memory lane. Keep up the good work. Alan Youngman

By: Chris Evans

Chris Evans — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:27:35 +0000

I was a mod from 83 to 93, the supposed 2nd revival time. Nice to see old mod stuff not just scooter boys, keep up the mod work; any thought on the natural enemies for us at the time, not bikers but skinheads and scooter boys and football casuals (modernists?) we had it rough in Cardiff!!

By: Karl Bedingfield

Karl Bedingfield — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:34:15 +0000

Emeline, Glad you liked the photograph! What make/model? It's an Epson scanner. The film holder doesn't really hold the 110 negatives so it was a little trial and error was in need. Anyhow I was happy with the results.

By: Emeline

Emeline — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:25:20 +0000

Hi Karl,
Very impressed by the quality of the pictures !
May I ask which scanner you use to scan your 110 negatives? Is it a negative scanner with film-holder or a flatbed? What make/model?

Many thanks !

By: Karl Bedingfield

Karl Bedingfield — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:42:54 +0000

Yup, I was interviewed (very tounge-in-cheek) in that addition of 'IT' magazine. I may well have a word with Chris and see if he minds me reproducing it, if you have any scans of yourselves that would be most welcome. The interview can be viewed here.

By: Peter (Syd) Driver

Peter (Syd) Driver — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:45:29 +0000

Well, yeah Karl. Some bands are probably best forgotten! One claim to fame would be that Blue Cerebrum (well me and Mick) were the first band interviewed by Chris Hunt as a precursor to his fanzine career. I might have to dig out some old pics…
Pete

By: Karl Bedingfield

Karl Bedingfield — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 11:18:47 +0000

Hey Syd, great to hear from you, I hope you and Liz are well.

Ah Blue Cerebrum, I remember them from my brief stay at Ely Sixth Form.

If you ever feel like writing a feature about Blue Cerebrum let me know as I occasionally do a ‘forgotten bands’ feature.

By: Peter (Syd) Driver

Peter (Syd) Driver — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:49:50 +0000

Karl,
Thanks for posting the great photos. As a non-mod and part of the somewhat less successful hippie/prog revival of the Blue Cerebrum, it was a great trip down memory-lane to remember how good you skinny young things all looked in your parkas back then!!!

Regards
Pete (f.k.a. Syd)

By: Karl Bedingfield

Karl Bedingfield — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:08:44 +0000

Dave, Oh yeah

Go here to my Flickr gallery for ‘Ely Mods’. One of my all time favourite photos from that time is this one of Chris.

I appreciate you taking the time to comment.

By: Dave Cairns

Dave Cairns — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:49:29 +0000

Karl,
Just stumbled across this page……
Can’t believe the photo of Chris Hunt, got anymore of him?
Appreciate the comments on Secret Affair.
Dave

By: Karl Bedingfield

Karl Bedingfield — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:46:30 +0000

‘Time for Action’ along with ‘My World’ still mean a lot to me. It’s funny how bands we used to idolise and write about, like Secret Affair (Ian Page, Dave Cairns) are now personal friends of Chris’s.

I lasted 3 issues of ‘Shadows & Reflections’ as I didn’t really commit enough time and effort to the project. Chris made the fanzine one of the top ‘modzines’ in the country and early editions are actually quite collectable now.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:33:00 +0000

I was a punk rocker in the early 80s, though had plenty of Mod pals. ‘Time For Action’ and ‘Maybe Tommorow’ still sound terrific, especially when played REALLY loud.

By: Karl Bedingfield

Karl Bedingfield — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:37:37 +0000

Not many more to go now!

It consumed my life for most of the early 80s, that included starting a fanzine with Chris Hunt, ‘Shadows and Reflections’ and having a song named after me at the end of my ‘Mod’ presidency – ‘Karl’s New Haircut’ (a reference to a haircut I had that told everyone I was no longer a ‘Mod’) by The Moment. Good times!

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:37:27 +0000

Oh yes, more mod photos please!