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	<description>The Mercia Cinema Society Blog (Registered as a charity: number 1001524)</description>
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		<title>June Gallery- Derelict Paramount, Newcastle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The final Mercia Gallery is courtesy of John Matthews from the Northumberland Society. To set the scene, read the article in the last post which is is on the verge of publication in the Society&#8217;s City &#38; County magazine. He apologises for the poor quality of the photos which were taken on a very small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News about the Odeon Newcastle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is with some sadness that we have to report that our long running campaign to save the former Odeon cinema in Pilgrim Street has now come to an unsatisfactory end. Brookfield, the current owners of the East Pilgrim Street development site invited Geoffrey Purves and John Matthews along with John Burns of Mackellar architects [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://merciacinema.org/blog/2010/06/17/news-about-the-odeon-newcastle/</link>
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		<title>A photo of Mervyn Gould</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was taken by Ian Meyrick in September 2009 at the CTA Archives. Ian describes Mervyn as being very engrossed in items from the Tony Moss Collection. This is possibly the last known photo of Mervyn before his unfortunate demise the following month.]]></description>
		<link>http://merciacinema.org/blog/2010/02/05/a-photo-of-mervyn-gould/</link>
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		<title>February Gallery- The Cottage Road Cinema</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following photographs were taken by Colin Sutton at the Society EGM last month.]]></description>
		<link>http://merciacinema.org/blog/2010/01/31/february-gallery-the-cottage-road-cinema/</link>
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		<title>The Stage- obituary for Mervyn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following appeared in The Stage last week. Mervyn Gould Former stage manager and writer of books on cinema history, Mervyn Gould has died at the age of 62. Mervyn Stockbridge Gould was born on December 14, 1946 and, having been fascinated with technical theatre from his early teens, Mervyn landed his first paid backstage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://merciacinema.org/blog/2010/01/27/the-stage-obituary-for-mervyn/</link>
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		<title>Minutes from the EGM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MERCIA CINEMA SOCIETY MINUTES of the EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING held at the Cottage Road Cinema, Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 16 January 2010 at 11.30 a.m. 1. Apologies, quorum and proxies: Present: Kate Taylor (in the chair), Derek Atkins, Dave Biscombe, Johnnie Cliff, Victor Alan Edwards, Gerry Glover, Ian Grey, Martin Hall, Ian Houseman, Colin Jeffrey, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://merciacinema.org/blog/2010/01/23/minutes-from-the-egm/</link>
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		<title>Minutes from the AGM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MERCIA CINEMA SOCIETY MINUTES of the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2009 Held at the Odeon Cinema Putney on Saturday 12 December 2009 at 11.15 a.m. 1. Apologies, quorum and proxies: Present: Kate Taylor (in the chair), Johnnie Cliff, Edwin Gilmour, Gerry Glover, Ian Grey, Martin Hall, Ian Houseman, Ian Meyrick, Ian Patterson, John Pilblade, Philip Roberts, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://merciacinema.org/blog/2010/01/23/minutes-from-the-agm/</link>
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		<title>A photo from the EGM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(From left to right: David Williams, Ian Meyrick, Charles Morris, Martin Hall, Paul Smith, (?), Ian Grey, Ian Houseman, Johnny Cliff, Derek Atkins, Gerry Glover) This photo was taken by Kate Taylor.]]></description>
		<link>http://merciacinema.org/blog/2010/01/16/a-photo-from-the-egm/</link>
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		<title>Dissolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s EGM voted by a very large majority to wind up the Mercia Cinema Society, as proposed and accepted at the December AGM. Kate Taylor paid tribute to all of the current and former members who had played an active role in the society over the last thirty years.  Particular thanks were given to former [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://merciacinema.org/blog/2010/01/16/dissolution/</link>
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		<title>Mervyn in his own words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following article was unearthed by Member Ian Van Ryne and distributed as a scan. It was published in a Christmas edition of Focus, the ALD (Association of Lighting Designers) Newsletter, circa 2005. Our thanks to Jim Laws for tracking down the original softcopy. Shadows of the Evening Steal Across the Sky Mervyn Gould “Yes, [...]]]></description>
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