Hello everyone I just got an email from Hazel with a itinerary
With 8:30 registration and fan zone opens at 9am.
I thought it opened at 10 am?
Please can someone clarify
Thank you
OVZ

Hello Everyone,

This is my first post but I should have joined years ago.

I don't get excited about things these days, (it started a while after they fitted the limiter) however, I am really looking forward to attending the convention on Sunday.

B7 has been a 'part of my life' since watching the TV series as a boy. I watched it rather simplistically back then, I was invested in the charisma of Blake, his mission to defeat the baddies and the amazing concept of The Liberator. It was only later, in my 20s when the series was released on VHS, that I discovered the profound brilliance of the script and the acting properly. Blake was no longer the focus, he was just the glue that held a wonderful cast together. The perfect foil to Avon releasing Avon to be the perfect foil to everyone else

The show could shift effortlessly between real tension and clever comedy when it needed to, the contrast intensifying both, hence so many episodes have a real rollercoaster ride feel to them, especially if you don't remember what's going to happen next!

Anyway, I wanted to thank the members of this forum for keeping something I love so alive after so many years. In addition, to thank all those who have the passion and enthusiasm to organise events like the one on Sunday (thanks especially to Scott and Hazel who took the time to contact me). I only found out by pure chance but I am delighted to have a ticket and it means a lot to me...life isn't much fun sometimes but this will be!

Thank you, and see you soon.

Paul

Due to unforeseen sad circumstances I unfortunately had to cancel my flight and will not be able to attend the convention.
I feel sad about not meeting you again.
But I'm wishing you all a wonderful experience and I will be there in spirit.

Hello Everyone,

This is my first post but I should have joined years ago.

I don't get excited about things these days, (it started a while after they fitted the limiter) however, I am really looking forward to attending the convention on Sunday.

Due to unforeseen sad circumstances I unfortunately had to cancel my flight and will not be able to attend the convention.
I feel sad about not meeting you again.
But I'm wishing you all a wonderful experience and I will be there in spirit.

Hello everyone I just got an email from Hazel with a itinerary
With 8:30 registration and fan zone opens at 9am.
I thought it opened at 10 am?
Please can someone clarify
Thank you
OVZ

Being a veteran of these cons, I'd suggest getting there early enough to register, say around 9 am, and go into the fan zone room to meet with other fans. The con itself opens at 10 am, but to gather fans before, Team Blake has provided a separate room called the Fan Zone and that has tables and chairs, the 'canteen' and other amenities so fans can meet and talk and do whatever fans do.

I'll be missing all of you this year, but I am assured you will have the time of your life. So go and find new friends, and seek out old ones and have a blast!

Phew...down and save back home after a slight detour as the A34 was shut going South. Still a nice trip through Wantage!
Once again a fab time, a few tears and lots of hugs. (Dearest has not had so many hugs in his life!!!!!)
As the cast said....it is a family...a family that has helped me get through the loss of my youngest Daughter and who, like Gary, is remembered.
If any of you have any doubts, please try and come to the next one, even if you are a shy retiring type (like myself!!!!!)

Once again, thankyou to Hazel and Andy for getting everything organised and to PC for supplying the tea (and bacon butties). to Scott, to Phil, to Lucy...the list is endless.
Now for nice cuppa and an early night. 4.30 am is not a good time to get up.

But Gary would have been proud of everyone!

I forgot ,as I was on crutches I didn't get to take many pictures,if anyone was to post/share that be great.
Thank you
OVZ John

Great to see you Sue and everyone else yesterday.

You got home before me. I helped pack up and we left just after 7pm. I remembered to take off my horns before I got in the car to drive home!

It was a fabulous day, Team Blake did a fabulous job and Gary would indeed be proud.

Hi TT I thought you wasn't gonna Ng, I saw a tall gentleman with horns on his head, was that you? If so I nodded to you lol

Lovely to meet you yesterday. It was good to see a face to go with the name.
There are lots of lovely photos on Facebook. My photos in comparison were OKish!! However if you arent on Facebook I could send you a few!

That was me! We're having a proper chat at whenever is the next one!

In different news, I have become a parent for this time. Moony, as I have rather unimaginatively called her, has already had plenty of attention and I'm just about to put her in my back pocket before I walk up the shops.

Spent a couple of hours at S-L-C on Sunday. So, after the small matter of 43 years, I finally got to go to my second B7 event. A kind of closure, really. I found Sasha Mitchell's contribution especially compelling - a great counterpoint to Paul Darrow's take on filming 'Blake' on the very day I heard him speak all those decades ago.

I know this is going to sound daft but,,,,,,, There was a few people there who I didn't meet who I liked to meet so (probably been suggested before) how about made up name badges (online name) so you can go ahhh so that's (insert name).
As I said I spoke to Lorna , she even took my pic,wasn't till alot later someone pointed Lorna out lol.
I think it would be a good icebreaker, for the new people, first timers, reserved people.
Any thoughts, I know there be negatives but if not compulsory but a suggestion I think it could do well.

I think this is a great idea! We see so many people in the Forum - yet we don't necessarily know who to chat to when we meet up. I'd certainly (voluntarily) do this!

Anyway - we're Down and Safe. Back home after a lovely day. It was our first ever Convention (B7 or otherwise) and I certainly had a lovely day. I didn't take many pictures - spent most of the time just talking it all in.

I understand there's a Facebook page - where can I find this (i.e. is it a B7 Online FB page, or are we talking about individual peoples pages)?

A big thank you to the organisers - and everyone we spoke to. Sorry - I didn't remember anyone's name (little name badges would be a great idea, wouldn't it).

I've got lots of posters and other merch to put up around the house, so this meet-up will be something I'll remember for a long time.

Hope to see you all again soon.

Rachel. x

I saw a tall gentleman with horns on his head, was that you? If so I nodded to you lol

how about made up name badges

Good thing he didn't nod back!



Perhaps next time you could take some sheets of peel-off stickers and a marker pen, sneak past the vigilent Sharon, and stand inside the door as if you are an official. Then, as people come in, you could tell them to write their name and/or online handle on a sticker.

PS Just where did you get that burgundy Polo shirt?

I think this is a great idea! We see so many people in the Forum - yet we don't necessarily know who to chat to when we meet up. I'd certainly (voluntarily) do this!

Anyway - we're Down and Safe. Back home after a lovely day. It was our first ever Convention (B7 or otherwise) and I certainly had a lovely day. I didn't take many pictures - spent most of the time just talking it all in.

I understand there's a Facebook page - where can I find this (i.e. is it a B7 Online FB page, or are we talking about individual peoples pages)?

A big thank you to the organisers - and everyone we spoke to. Sorry - I didn't remember anyone's name (little name badges would be a great idea, wouldn't it).

I've got lots of posters and other merch to put up around the house, so this meet-up will be something I'll remember for a long time.

Hope to see you all again soon.

Rachel. x

Hello Rachel- Yours and OracVZen's idea for name badges is a good one. Often times we at Horizon go by different names than our own and that causes all sorts of problems trying to identify people you converse online to. Often, especially we Mods and Admins, go to conventions and bring our own home-made badges with our club name, actual name and our screen name on it so people can find us and we can meet and also point them in the direction of other fans and members of the various clubs. But in future, great idea, especially for the Teem Blake affairs.

As to Facebook sites for Blake's 7- look no further. My husband Brad and I are Moderators here on Horizon and Administrators on the Blake's 7 Fan's site which has over 7,000 members now. I help Moderate the Totally Blake's 7 site on Facebook too. That also has thousands of members now. There is the Steven Pacey Fans site. Also Blake's 7 Props and Costumes site, Blake's 7 Liberator site and Blake's 7 Locations site. And I'm probably missing a few sites. Just type the various titles out and you should be taken to the sites in question. There are plenty of photos of the most recent Steventon convention to see and also a lively conversation on-going on many of the sites. We'd love to have you join our groups on Facebook. Welcome in advance!

Hi Paula thank you, I don't have Facebook as such but I find a way. So you and Brad run a few things then,very cool.
One correction, it was me who suggested homemade badges, if you look at the thread