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Christine in Devon
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| Christine Walkden came here today with a BBC Countryfile crew to shoot some
footage for a new series to start showing in August. She's been here before
and Ray met her but I have never done so before. She's a thoroughly nice,
down to earth, enthusiastic, woman and it was a delight not to see any
diva-ish behaviour! When they were discussing possible locations and
setting up for shots, Christine was either happily talking plants to Ray or
wandering around looking at them on her own. And one thing impressed me
very much - as the crew was packing up and leaving, she came to the door and
asked someone to find me so that she could say goodbye and thank you
personally. An awful lots of people, let alone well known ones, don't
bother with small courtesies like that and attention to them reveals a lot
about a person, IME and IMO.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)
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| 'Mike' 2007-04-25, 1:25 pm |
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"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Christine Walkden came here today with a BBC Countryfile crew to shoot
> some
:-((
Name dropping knows no bounds with you does is Sacha?
Shall I tell you about Chris Denham who lives down your way? No doubt you
are well squinted with him? Popped over to see me a short while back. You do
'of course' know Chris Denham of Denham Studios? He's the chap who does the
Rick Stein programmes.
Runs around in an old vintage Rover Drop Head Coupe don't you know, have you
seen it? Not visited you? Well ............
Mike
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| Gary Woods 2007-04-25, 1:25 pm |
| "'Mike'" <3d&6d@woolies.com> wrote:
>Name dropping knows no bounds with you does is Sacha?
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>Shall I tell you about Chris Denham who lives down your way? No doubt you
>are well squinted with him?
What a terribly sour person you are, Mike!
Probably just the weather. If it's any consolation, it's no better on this
side of the pond.
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
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| Robert \(Plymouth\) 2007-04-25, 1:25 pm |
| Gary Woods <garyusenet@earthlink.net> wrote:
: "'Mike'" <3d&6d@woolies.com> wrote:
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:: Name dropping knows no bounds with you does is Sacha?
::
:: Shall I tell you about Chris Denham who lives down your way? No
:: doubt you are well squinted with him?
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: What a terribly sour person you are, Mike!
:
Probably why I didn't see his message
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| 'Mike' 2007-04-25, 1:25 pm |
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"Gary Woods" <garyusenet@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "'Mike'" <3d&6d@woolies.com> wrote:
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> What a terribly sour person you are, Mike!
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Don't you like my name dropping?
Oh dear :-((
Mike
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| 'Mike' 2007-04-25, 1:25 pm |
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"Robert (Plymouth)" <beachcomber@ultimate-anonymity.com> wrote in message
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> Gary Woods <garyusenet@earthlink.net> wrote:
> : "'Mike'" <3d&6d@woolies.com> wrote:
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> :: Name dropping knows no bounds with you does is Sacha?
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> :: Shall I tell you about Chris Denham who lives down your way? No
> :: doubt you are well squinted with him?
> :
> : What a terribly sour person you are, Mike!
> :
> Probably why I didn't see his message
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Don't you like my name dropping either?
Oh dear :-((
Mike
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'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy
www.rneba.org.uk
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| Broadback 2007-04-25, 5:25 pm |
| 'Mike' wrote:
> "Gary Woods" <garyusenet@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Don't you like my name dropping?
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> Oh dear :-((
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> Mike
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Are your radishes ready already then Mike, because I see you are
repeating yourself! :-)
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| 'Mike' 2007-04-25, 5:25 pm |
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"Broadback" <wen@towill.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Are your radishes ready already then Mike, because I see you are repeating
> yourself! :-)
Nice one :-))
Mike
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'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy
www.rneba.org.uk
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| In message <C25551A8.4A700%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk>, Sacha
<sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> writes
>Christine Walkden came here today with a BBC Countryfile crew to shoot some
>footage for a new series to start showing in August.
<Snip>
>And one thing impressed me
>very much - as the crew was packing up and leaving, she came to the door and
>asked someone to find me so that she could say goodbye and thank you
>personally. An awful lots of people, let alone well known ones, don't
>bother with small courtesies like that and attention to them reveals a lot
>about a person, IME and IMO.
I couldn't have imagined her any other way ... but isn't it a sad
comment on today that you actually notice that people say thank you,
because so many don't?
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Klara, Gatwick basin
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| On 25/4/07 20:10, in article uxpO8+che6LGFAtB@comcrafts.demon.co.uk, "Klara"
<klara.king@nospams.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <C25551A8.4A700%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk>, Sacha
> <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> writes
> <Snip>
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> I couldn't have imagined her any other way ... but isn't it a sad
> comment on today that you actually notice that people say thank you,
> because so many don't?
It is, isn't it? We'd given them coffee & cake etc. but done no more than
anyone would but I've met enough celebs, high profile and half way, to know
that they can take all that for granted. I thought very highly of her for
making a personal farewell and thank you. She was just so 'unfussy' and as
I think this group has thought of her, genuine about her love of plants. We
were very glad to see that she was doing straightforward gardening
presenting, too and just being herself! I hope there's a LOT more of that
in the pipeline for her.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)
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| shazzbat 2007-04-25, 5:25 pm |
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"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 25/4/07 20:10, in article uxpO8+che6LGFAtB@comcrafts.demon.co.uk,
> "Klara"
> <klara.king@nospams.co.uk> wrote:
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> It is, isn't it? We'd given them coffee & cake etc. but done no more than
> anyone would but I've met enough celebs, high profile and half way, to
> know
> that they can take all that for granted. I thought very highly of her for
> making a personal farewell and thank you. She was just so 'unfussy' and
> as
> I think this group has thought of her, genuine about her love of plants.
> We
> were very glad to see that she was doing straightforward gardening
> presenting, too and just being herself! I hope there's a LOT more of that
> in the pipeline for her.
>
So do I, because the Christine and Reg "banter" drives me nuts, I can't
watch. Last week when they were doing the onions etc for the show was
particularly excruciating. I'll watch the new series though, and look out
for Sacha and Ray. Although my limited experience of TV tells me we'll not
have to blink.
How's Ray's hand after the dog bite BTW?
Steve
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| On 25/4/07 23:18, in article f0ok4d$c3r$1@news.datemas.de, "shazzbat"
<shazzbat@spamlessness.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
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> "Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:C2558FF8.4A723%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
<snip>
> So do I, because the Christine and Reg "banter" drives me nuts, I can't
> watch. Last week when they were doing the onions etc for the show was
> particularly excruciating. I'll watch the new series though, and look out
> for Sacha and Ray. Although my limited experience of TV tells me we'll not
> have to blink.
>
> How's Ray's hand after the dog bite BTW?
>
> Steve
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>
I don't think there'll be any Reg and Christine banter in this and we feel
just as you do about that. IRL, she's a real plantswoman with an impressive
CV and we feel/hope this programme will let that come across properly. She
knows her stuff, no doubt about it but she doesn't make a big fuss of it,
either. As they spent just the morning here from 0830 to 1230 I should
think we might get ten seconds of TV time. ;-) Look out for Ray, not me.
I was in the background taking our own photos for the family album. ;-)
I know the series starts in August but no idea when we'll be on. Never
having met her before, she just struck me as totally professional both for
the TV crew and as to the plants and absolutely her true self. Thoroughly
nice woman.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)
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| On 25/4/07 23:53, in article
C2559A7B.4A748%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk, "Sacha"
<sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> On 25/4/07 23:18, in article f0ok4d$c3r$1@news.datemas.de, "shazzbat"
> <shazzbat@spamlessness.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
<snip>
<snip>[color=darkred]
>Thoroughly
> nice woman.
Ah, sorry, forgot to answer the dog bite question. On the whole, much
improved, though he still can't completely close his forefinger to his
thumb.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)
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| 'Mike' 2007-04-26, 3:25 am |
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"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I've met enough celebs, high profile and half way,
> --
> Sacha
But of course you have Sacha, we all have at one time or other, but aren't
you going to drop a few more names on us?
Did I tell you I was with Prince Charles and Camilla in Westminster Abbey
last September? No? Well I must some time. And my invitation to St James'
Palace a few years back? I had to decline due to other commitments.
:-(((((
You sad sad sad old woman
Mike
--
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The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association.
'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy
www.rneba.org.uk
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| Keith \(Dorset\) 2007-04-26, 3:25 am |
| Hi Sacha,
Well done.
Believe it or not, this is vital, standard practice in the media. It's a
very imporant part of the job. - to acknowledge help given and to say a
courteous goodbye.
This is not only for politeness sake, (although it most likely is from
most). It's essential to keep up the profile of the outlet one is working
for - and you genuinely never know when might have to return.
Best wishes from a, part-early-retired, 'meedja type'.
Keith
"Sacha" <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:C25551A8.4A700%sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk...
> Christine Walkden came here today with a BBC Countryfile crew to shoot
> some
> footage for a new series to start showing in August. She's been here
> before
> and Ray met her but I have never done so before. She's a thoroughly nice,
> down to earth, enthusiastic, woman and it was a delight not to see any
> diva-ish behaviour! When they were discussing possible locations and
> setting up for shots, Christine was either happily talking plants to Ray
> or
> wandering around looking at them on her own. And one thing impressed me
> very much - as the crew was packing up and leaving, she came to the door
> and
> asked someone to find me so that she could say goodbye and thank you
> personally. An awful lots of people, let alone well known ones, don't
> bother with small courtesies like that and attention to them reveals a lot
> about a person, IME and IMO.
> --
> Sacha
> http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
> South Devon
> http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
> (remove weeds from address)
>
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| On 26/4/07 08:01, in article McudnYRkgufR063bnZ2dnUVZ8t2snZ2d@bt.com, "Keith
(Dorset)" <kvpd1NOSPAMMAIL@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi Sacha,
>
> Well done.
>
> Believe it or not, this is vital, standard practice in the media. It's a
> very imporant part of the job. - to acknowledge help given and to say a
> courteous goodbye.
>
> This is not only for politeness sake, (although it most likely is from
> most). It's essential to keep up the profile of the outlet one is working
> for - and you genuinely never know when might have to return.
Indeed it is but she'd already said 'thank you' before I came back into the
house and the runner from the Beeb also came to say goodbye etc. What
pleasantly surprised me was that Christine made a point of finding me again.
The important person from this end was Ray, not me - I just made sure tea
and coffee and other small essentials happened!
>
> Best wishes from a, part-early-retired, 'meedja type'.
Which bit were you in? I have a brother who's in advertising and he seems
to me to have a wonderful time travelling to exotic locations, though I must
admit they work very hard when there!
<snip>
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)
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| David Rance 2007-04-26, 3:25 am |
| On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 'Mike' wrote:
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>You sad sad sad old woman
Speculaas!
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David Rance david.rance@rance.org.uk http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk
Fido Address: 2:252/110 writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
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