{"id":9268,"date":"2021-01-19T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T13:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=9268"},"modified":"2021-01-19T14:53:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T13:53:34","slug":"lord-flowers-christmas-message-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/lord-flowers-christmas-message-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Flowers Christmas Message: 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On 2 December 1980 I assisted STOIC with the recording of an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/rectors-lord-brian-flowers\/\">Lord Flowers<\/a> (1924-2010) who was Rector from 1973 to 1985. This was the first time that we had recorded the Rector in colour and at that time STOIC did not have their own colour equipment, hence I helped out. This was an interview that former STOIC Chairman Mike Prosser carried out and at the end Mike asked if he&#8217;d record this separate special message. I&#8217;ve only just found this recording, included in the Christmas edition of their News-Break programme. The Rector&#8217;s office in the Sherfield Building is long since gone, as it moved into the new Faculty Building once it was opened. So yet another record in the archives of Imperial&#8217;s &#8216;times-past&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tOo0X_kvfr4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw January 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December 1980 I assisted STOIC by recording the first interview with the Rector in colour. 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