Some people seemed to get some strange satisfaction from smashing or burning
things. I know out here in the sticks there was no interest in saving
material though I managed to save a few bits.
One the other hand items of equipment would often be shipped down South at a
cost far exceeding its value when disposed of (probably scrap prices).
Though how often do you see antiques programmes on BBC where the 'experts'
make no mention of donating documents to archives and on the daytime
antiques programme they are often sold for only trivial amounts. I often
think that someone's Grandfather would much prefer his diaries or papers
went to an archive or museum rather than be sold for a tenner or so.
Martin Briscoe
Fort William
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From: The History of the BBC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Subject: Re: [BBC-HISTORY] Outside broadcast and live two-ways
Burning an archive???? No!!!!! I've just been interviewed by local radio
about the use of exclamation marks, so I do apologise but it seems like a
perfectly reasonable way to express my horror at the destruction of an
archive. In 50 years' time we are going to be left with nothing at all to
archive as it will all be electronic and thus deleted without a thought or
even a match. Might the BBC not consider donating such archives to
academic centres for minions such as me to happily root through? Failing
that, preserve Nigel cryogenically for defrosting at some future date when a
similar query arises?
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