tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post4279801848351685675..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Girvan Fun PalaceRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-60735048085613712752014-08-23T10:09:09.378-07:002014-08-23T10:09:09.378-07:00When I was a child, we'd watch Dr. Who on BBC ...When I was a child, we'd watch Dr. Who on BBC then run down here and relive the episodes....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-47457223091720177252013-07-18T17:38:11.111-07:002013-07-18T17:38:11.111-07:00(Same anon as above) My name is Grant, I come from...(Same anon as above) My name is Grant, I come from Glasgow and I used to holiday in Girvan often.<br /><br />Denis, I wonder if you have any photographs of the redesign you and John created? This was the version I walked through during the early 1970s (with my dad very close beside me!) and I have vague recollections of the various rooms.<br /><br />I definitely remember the TARDIS console, and it was interactive with light and sound, if memory serves. More impressions of corridors with swirling black and white lights, a very deep room (possibly the rock garden of the original, replaced with columns of bubbling liquid?)<br /><br />Somewhere near the start was a green room, a bit like a santa's grotto, and a pair of throbbing eyes/RAF roundrels which illuminated your legs as you moved from one cell to the next, accompanied by pulsating deep sound.<br /><br />The final part of the journey saw you batting sandbags out of the way and clambering over soft play vinyl obstacles.<br /><br />Maybe.<br /><br />I would love to have some kind of confirmation of my failing memories after all these years.<br /><br />If you have any photos, cine film etc, would it be possible for you to upload anything to a sharing site such as Flikr or YouTube? Thank you for your indulgence.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESfkH9CPZ6gAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-16087279576173587252013-07-16T16:02:11.969-07:002013-07-16T16:02:11.969-07:00OMG. This is THE Denis Barns replying on this thre...OMG. This is THE Denis Barns replying on this thread! (We're not worthy, we're not worthy!)<br /><br />The Fifth Dimension cast an astonishing impression/shadow on my life. I had nightmares the very night after I went through it. I also gravitated towards psychedelic music and substances when I came of age.<br /><br />I can't thank you enough for making this alien artefact come true in a quiet little West coast town during my formative childhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-70901930091207190232012-09-12T04:01:20.471-07:002012-09-12T04:01:20.471-07:00My funniest memory was arriving one weekend in win...My funniest memory was arriving one weekend in winter to continue the interior redesign work we had been commissioned to carry out only to find a large pod floating out to sea with the storm and wind...it was rescued later in the day by the local lifeboat and then we had to crane it back into place and spend the Sunday fixing all back together...an epic moment.Denis Barnsdenis barnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-1070570118353585992012-06-12T15:39:12.982-07:002012-06-12T15:39:12.982-07:00Yeah, the console is the one I remember. Very stra...Yeah, the console is the one I remember. Very strange concept for where it was: no wonder it sticks in the mind.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-49922029595248303472012-06-12T14:57:36.099-07:002012-06-12T14:57:36.099-07:00I remember both versions of the interior and I was...I remember both versions of the interior and I was terrified of the dalek. I was convinced it would escape and follow me back to Newton Stewart. It was just like a BBC one and not the one in the picture which was a commercially available children's costume. I actually liked the plastic flowers and fountains but then I was only 6 years old. The later version was pretty cool especially the control room which was a bit like the interior of the Tardis with a hexagonal console that had a dome in the middle instead of a perspex column.Aggedor of Peladonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00417847088769091515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-65620745709815321512012-01-30T02:29:13.427-08:002012-01-30T02:29:13.427-08:00I haven't ever been to Girvan since, but it do...I haven't ever been to Girvan since, but it does look a little desolate from photos. I've just repaired the links to the VADS articles - they moved their archive site for <i>Design Journal</i>.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-17568246688632893672012-01-29T05:40:30.369-08:002012-01-29T05:40:30.369-08:00Just found this post today. I visited the 5th Dime...Just found this post today. I visited the 5th Dimension twice as a small boy: probably '69 and '70. Memory plays tricks and I thought the Dalek was a genuine BBC one, not the comical town council version depicted in the VADS article. There is a b/w photo of the attraction in Girvan's McKechnie Institute. Rebuilt, it would revive a currently derelict and sad seafront.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.com