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This tribute to the late Cormack Rigby has a photo of a vintage BBC radio control room. http://www.overgrownpath.com/2007/03...-good-man.h tml

I had the pleasure of working with Cormac in Radio 3 - He would often turn up in some very brightly coloured waistcoats ! Extremely knowlegable guy, and the perfect gent. Sadly I recognise the picture only too well - Main control room, broadcasting house extension, probably circa 1975-ish. Worse, I spent many hours ensconced in those very chairs awaiting activity on the equipment "...

Cormac had great diction a wonderful radio voice, something lacking these days. There still are some wonderful BBC voices though. For example Julian Marshall from the BBC Worldservice. Peter

Does anyone recognise the man on the left of the photo? Was he the controller of Radio 3 in those days?

Re: Vintage BBC radio control room photo Does anyone recognise the man on the left of the photo? Was he the controller of Radio 3 in those days?

Andy reminisced Quote: I had the pleasure of working with Cormac in Radio 3 - He would often turn up in some very brightly coloured waistcoats ! Extremely knowlegable guy, and the perfect gent I'll second that....R3 Continuity was one of my favourite areas to work in Quote: Sadly I recognise the picture only too ...

Thanks for sharing that part of history with us Andy, Alvin, very interesting. Alex