Browsing Archive: April, 2014
Posted by Alister Baldwin on Wednesday, April 23, 2014,
February 1981 - Aged 16On Sunday 8th February we made our second and unfortunately final movie, again filmed by Andy’s Dad.
The Wimp
Starring, Alister Baldwin, Andrew Sarjeant, Cameron Fraser, Gudge and Brian Fraser
I starred as The Wimp in this classic second movie blockbuster. I was dressed in a flowery shirt, my hair was slicked back and I’m wearing National Health specs. The look was completed with a tight pair of shorts and black shoes. Nice hey?
The film was shot on location at McBa...
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Posted by Alister Baldwin on Monday, April 7, 2014,
This was the year we became Film Stars. Andy’s dad had a Cine camera and on the 19th October we drove out to a sleepy hollow called ‘Scaniport’, to make our first movie.
The Beast of Scaniport
Starring, Alister Baldwin, Andrew Sarjeant and Cameron Fraser
It started off with the three of us out for a leisurely cycle ride and we stopped off for a rest in Scaniport. We got into an argument and I stormed off on my bike. The other two became concerned for my whereabouts (after about 10 secon...
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Posted by Alister Baldwin on Tuesday, April 1, 2014,
'Fat Boy of Coombe Dingle'
July 1981 - Aged 17
Staying on the alcohol theme, in the summer we would meet up on a Thursday afternoon, buy a keg of cider and head down to the River Ness. Andy was seeing a girl called Jenny (bit of a stunner, not quite sure how he pulled that one, must've been his basin haircut!), I was sort of seeing Nicki P but it only really amounted to some drunken fumbles after downing copious amounts of Cider.
I would supply cigarettes (I worked in a Newsagents) when possible...
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