Mom was on furlough from the home – Azalea Gardens. Sheila fetched her and Barbara, Linda, Tholo and the two terrors Mary-Kate and Dawie and I joined them at 16 Ivy Road in Lincoln Meade, Pietermaritzburg.
What a lovely day – a great lunch, fun with the kids and ending with a surprise: ancient movies from our youth taken in the sixties with Dad’s 8mm movie camera. Sheila had arranged and paid for hours of old footage to be put on a memory stick! Dad says he had a small Canon movie camera first; I only remember his Eumig camera.
As we were leaving Tholo spotted a birds nest right above the car door with two little chicks begging, and showed Mary-Kate.
After everyone left I waited till I could spot the mother: a Cape White Eye.
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See the top pic: When the old man moved out of earshot – which means six inches away – Linda murmured to me sotto voce, ‘Here’s the man always telling others to get dressed early mornings: still in his jarmies at noon.’
Giving advice he’s good at.
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I have been trying to contact you using the Vrystaadconfessions site. My name is Martin Baker, eldest son of the late actor Stanley Baker, and I now live in Italy.
I am currently in pre production for a documentary, ‘The Untold Story of Zulu’ which will be released next year to coincide with 50th Anniversary of his death.
I wish to discuss a per minute license rate for world all media use for the use of your father’s 8mm home movies to illustrate existing video interviews with Micheal Caine and my mother Lady Ellen Baker.
I am aware that Henry Coleman approached you in 2018 about usage for his Zulu documentary project, as he did with my family. However, I should advice you that due to his erratic and disruptive behaviour we withdrew our permission for both being involved with him, or the footage he holds, which was originally commissioned by my father’s company Diamond Films but unfortunately stolen and many years later Henry Coleman awaited the only 16mm print.
I would very much appreciate you email me at uhurumultimedia@gmail.com with your contact details.
Mind regards
Martin Baker
Mobile: +39 3896055924