The premier... and the DVD!

Finding the Pathfinders 11th September 2013, Kinema in the Woods

Wow, what a day...

Over 120 people came to support this very special premier at the Kinema in the Woods, Woodhall Spa. Much bubbly, nibbles and cake consumed and we were joined by Chris at the Lincoln Bomber Command Memorial Appeal and Chris Keltie, author of "Riding in the Shadow of Death", a wonderful book about another bomber command veteran.

Sean Taylor from East Kirkby Aviation Centre gave us a fantastic talk on a typical day for a "bomber boy" and the film itself was very well received by our appreciative audience. Many said that they laughed and cried in equal measure!

Thanks again to BBC Look North who came out again to see us. It was a chance for us to thank them for helping us find the last crewmate, Gordon Brown. Without their help, the story would have been incomplete. Thanks also to BBC Radio Lincolnshire for their excellent coverage too. Many of the relatives that we met at East Kirkby made the journey over to see the premier and we were joined by a relative that we had not met so far, a son of Ron Parker from 97 Squadron.

The day was rounded off by an amazing flypast of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster, the "City of Lincoln". They came out just for us, despite a change in their flight plans that day. Huge, huge thanks for giving us three spectacular flypasts that set off the car alarms in the car park!

We know that there were many people that couldn't make the screening due to work commitments, or living too far away. We have made available a limited edition DVD of the film, signed by Douglas Percy Cannings of course and you can buy it here simply by clicking on the Paypal button below. A mere snip at £15, plus £3.00 postage, it's a special piece of history. Please accept our apologies if you experience a slight delay as we can't keep up with demand this week! All purchases should be with you within a week of your order date.

Getting ready for the Kinema Premier, "Finding the Pathfinders" 11th September

Everything's ready to go with our premier of "Finding the Pathfinders". Editing done (huge thanks to Martin for the 100s of man hours in the last couple of weeks!) flypast confirmed (weather please hold!!) and nibbles kindly donated by Ruskington Co-Operative, Sleaford Tesco and Di Ablewhite.

Tickets will be available on the door on the day and you can also book here:

This is our portal from an earlier post:

Our visit to Belgium

We recently travelled to Courtrai (Kortrijk in Flemish) in Belgium in order to get some footage for "Finding the Pathfinders".

Dirk Decuypere, a historian and author invited us to film some of the bombing sites and interview locals who remembered the air raids. Here he is in the square. It was fascinating to see how accurate the bombing was with the Pathfinder Force, minimising the civilian casualties.

We met some amazing people, all of whom you shall meet when you come and see the completed documentary of course!

"But where do you get tickets?" did I hear you ask... Look no further...

http://erminestreetproject.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/heres-how-to-get-your-tickets.html

Reunion Day at East Kirkby

What a wonderful day it was! Last Wednesday, we finally got to meet some of the relatives of Dad's crew. Lovely people, with lots of stories, photos and memories, keen to meet Dad and ask him about his own memories.

We had great coverage from Tolu at Look North who did a brilliant feature on us and has helped us try and get the word out re the elusive Gordon Brown, tail gunner! From that feature, we've had a lead from an old neighbour in Halifax who remembers a Gordon Brown who flew in Lancasters. Could it be our man? We are making enquiries now so we are crossing everything that we find him in time for our screening on 11th September.

Don't forget to book your tickets here...

Reunion filming day nearly here...

Over the last couple of weeks we've made some progress with getting some more relatives for the reunion day and we've had an emotional day in Bingley when we found Geoffrey Mander's final resting place.

We're still looking for one crew mate: F/S Gordon Brown, who came from Yorkshire. He's still proving to be very elusive, despite our small army of researchers. Can anyone help?

Our filming day at East Kirkby is going to be so special. As well as a good selection of relatives of crew mates arriving for the occasion, we've invited our wonderful team of researchers who have helped us in our ongoing search for what happened to all these young men. For those that haven't seen our trailer, this is what sparked all the interest off from Facebook and Twitter, have a look at this previous post:
http://erminestreetproject.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/finding-pathfinders-trailer.html

It's been a busy week!

Lots of things happening over the last week or two... We've had a hugely successful event at Cambridge Guildhall last Sunday to celebrate the Steampunk channel on ESPTV. Glorious sunshine and wonderfully colourful traders, visitors and entertainers. Will most definitely do this again next year! Seek out Steampunk in Cambridge Facebook group and join in! Our army of researchers for "Finding the Pathfinders" have been wonderful- we have had successes in tracing quite a few of the relatives now and some of which are coming to our big filming day on 24th July. Still looking for info on one in particular though- F/S Gordon Brown- all our leads on him have drawn a blank. We'll see if we can get some more interest in our search by contacting Look North, as there's a possibility that he came from Yorkshire. In August we shall be travelling to Belgium to do some filming over there, to highlight some of the good work that the Pathfinder force did in minimising the civillain casualties; lighting up the legitimate targets for the bombing runs. Tickets are on sale remember- Don't miss out!

Here's how to get your tickets!

At Last!

Finally, tickets are available for our very special screening of Finding the Pathfinders on 11th September, 2013.

View the trailer here on our channel, :ESPTV
For those on iPads that don't support flash, view on YouTube

The doors open at the Kinema at 11.10am with various things for you to see, including of course, the premier screening of Finding the Pathfinders. The whole event will last until 2pm and we hope at some point to have a very special flypast too.

A link to the Kinema's site is here: http://www.thekinemainthewoods.co.uk/

Tickets are £12.00, which includes drinks and nibbles, including some birthday cake as there are two birthdays that day, of course!

You can purchase them here on the "Buy Now" Paypal link below, and simply bring a print-out of the transaction on the day as your ticket. We would advise buying in advance as, due to the limited nature of tickets, we cannot guarantee any availability on the door.