An Evening with Simon Groom

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A full audience was on hand to hear Simon Groom introduce three of his
short documentaries. 60 members of the "Friends of the Grand Pavilion"
had pre-booked and others arrived on the night. The films shown were his
famous "Full Circle: Saving Derby's Roundhouse" and two other short
films made for the BBC's Inside Out series.
Added in were his anecdotes, including how he ended up eating dinner
with Ken Russell; because Ken was the only other person eating alone in
the fully booked restaurant! This ended up with Simon making a
documentary on the great film producer; who died two months ago.
Afterwards the audience voted unanimously to invite Simon back to
present this documentary and create another super evening in the near
future. Maureen and Philip Sandler said " We found the films fascinating
and Simon Groom a great raconteur."
At the meeting I was able to announce that, with nine new members that
day, membership had reached 900!
Gregor
N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd
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