I have mentioned elsewhere, I think, that my interest in the Details Competition began around 1995. My wife, who studied and achieved a History and Theory of Art degree, first took an interest in the Competition. She won a competition in the mid 90's. This sparked my interest and the Christmas Competitions sealed it. Thereafter, I tried to keep copies of each competition. I had varying success, as sometimes I was abroad and the Review never left the shores of the UK. A kiosk proprietor in Paris showed complete incomprehension when I asked him about it. In the end, I showed him a copy and he said that he had never seen it.
Consequently, I had to try to make arrangements with friends and family to buy the paper for me and to send a photo of the competition to me when we were away. This led to gaps in the collection. On other occasions, I made a trip to the local library in Devon if I had been away on a Sunday and took a photo of the competition once I could locate the Review section. On one notable occasion, I found that the whole page had been torn out, thus frustrating my plan. To get hold of a copy, I had to visit a library in Plymouth, breaking a rail journey to do so.
All this is leading up to a question to any regular readers of this Blog, to know if they, too, have collected old competitions?
In my collections, which I have recently made digital in a somewhat amateurish and time consuming way, I have only one competition before Competition number 515. After that date, I have many gaps, specifically:
518, 520, 521, 524, 527, 530, 534, 536, 537, 541, 542, 543, 545, 546, 548, 549, 561, 579, 586, 589, 595, 596, 611, 615, 616, 617,651, 652, 703, 704, 752, 802, 836, 837, 839, 850, 867, 887, 893, 904, 906, 916, 937, 943, 944, 955, 965, 987, 988, 989, 1005, 1006, 1041, 1042, 1047, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1070, 1090, 1097, 1098, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1140, 1247.
This list has been amended. Thanks to Chris for sending me some of the missing numbers.
If anyone has any of these copies, I'd be happy to receive them, and indeed to supply any of the others that I have which make up the rest of the collection.
Consequently, I had to try to make arrangements with friends and family to buy the paper for me and to send a photo of the competition to me when we were away. This led to gaps in the collection. On other occasions, I made a trip to the local library in Devon if I had been away on a Sunday and took a photo of the competition once I could locate the Review section. On one notable occasion, I found that the whole page had been torn out, thus frustrating my plan. To get hold of a copy, I had to visit a library in Plymouth, breaking a rail journey to do so.
All this is leading up to a question to any regular readers of this Blog, to know if they, too, have collected old competitions?
In my collections, which I have recently made digital in a somewhat amateurish and time consuming way, I have only one competition before Competition number 515. After that date, I have many gaps, specifically:
518, 520, 521, 524, 527, 530, 534, 536, 537, 541, 542, 543, 545, 546, 548, 549, 561, 579, 586, 589, 595, 596, 611, 615, 616, 617,651, 652, 703, 704, 752, 802, 836, 837, 839, 850, 867, 887, 893, 904, 906, 916, 937, 943, 944, 955, 965, 987, 988, 989, 1005, 1006, 1041, 1042, 1047, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1070, 1090, 1097, 1098, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1140, 1247.
This list has been amended. Thanks to Chris for sending me some of the missing numbers.
If anyone has any of these copies, I'd be happy to receive them, and indeed to supply any of the others that I have which make up the rest of the collection.
3 comments:
Dear Blogger
I have copies of: 631,632,633,637,646,647,648,649,650,653,654,670,681,686,697,713,721,738,739,753,754,
789,796,803,805,817
Which you are welcome to have copies of!
I'm a bit 'last century' when it comes to this internet malarky so you'll have to advise me on how to proceed. I would like to stay anonymous (like to keep a very small cyber-footprint). Regards - Chris
Thanks Chris We have made contact. I have removed my email address from the earlier response.
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