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It was most awesome! Weather held...The Kynaston Korporation treated us all like Royalty!!They are in debriefing now. What a fantastic part of the world that is! More to come from the picture takers(i had my trusty film camera) Thank you's to Daavid,Tina, Mum & Dad, and ALL! Between the workshops..Tom Kehoe sp? wood graining, lettering guys, carving,striping,flames, entertainments, FOOOOOD! and the high quality and creativity of work displayed, sends us home with renewed faith in the Art!
now i'm going to go for a bike ride and get pics of more Narrow Boats!
-------------------- John Lennig / Big Top Sign Arts 5668 Ewart Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada bigtopya@hotmail.com 604.451.0006 Posts: 2184 | From: Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada | Registered: Nov 2001
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This is my first time on this forum but having visited last week’s amazingly impressive Letterheads meeting, I was constantly told to sign up so here goes. I have loads of pictures from the event which I have passed onto David so they will soon be available to everybody! It was a real eye-opener for my colleague and I as we both had no idea what to expect. The sense of community was what really stood out and the Kynastons were so welcoming they really couldnt have done a better job. It was also great to see people who were willing to share their skills and spend time helping others. Overall a fantastic event!
-------------------- Rachel Andrews The Sign Show 27-31 Church Rd, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 9JJ Posts: 5 | From: Bristol, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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Thanks Randy! I'm very jealous of you over in Canada. I spent a year in Alberta and BC- its such a beautiful country!
-------------------- Rachel Andrews The Sign Show 27-31 Church Rd, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 9JJ Posts: 5 | From: Bristol, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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Thanks to Dave, Tina and all his family for a fantastic meet... Really really something special... Here is a small collection of photos to get you started.. Hello to all the friends we met old and new.. Hopefully see you again in the near future. Till the next time..
Would you mind if I used any of your pictures for a review piece I'm writing?
-------------------- Rachel Andrews The Sign Show 27-31 Church Rd, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 9JJ Posts: 5 | From: Bristol, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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As I said above I'm currently writing a review of the Llangollen event and was wondering if any of you have pictures of the finished mural and the Pinstripers Speedway that you would mind me using? I also only have the first name of the winner so if anyone could let me know the 11 year old's name that would be great! Unfortunately I missed the Friday but it sounded like a fantastic competition!
-------------------- Rachel Andrews The Sign Show 27-31 Church Rd, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 9JJ Posts: 5 | From: Bristol, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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Hi Rachel, that would be Ben Kelly, son of James Kelly, of Ireland! A pretty neat guy, for sure. Look forward to your article.
John
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Thanks very much for that John- I had down Ben Cousins so lucky you corrected me! Hope you had a safe trip home!
-------------------- Rachel Andrews The Sign Show 27-31 Church Rd, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 9JJ Posts: 5 | From: Bristol, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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There were a couple of pix posted on the UKSignboards as well, by Peter & Lynn Normington. It looks like the meet was a great time. Love....Jill
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I was looking forward to meeting you again, Sonny, sorry to hear you were unwell, hope you're on the mend.
I got back to Sweden yesterday morning (tuesday) and then drove up here to Stockholm, getting home last night.
I have to say that the Kynaston family made that a very special meet for me.
I lived a little over a hour from Llangollen for many years from 70's until moving here, and so think of that area as my UK home, I was back in Knighton a few days before the meet which was great, catching up.
I drove up to the Kinny's on Wednesday afternoon, and was met by Manfred and Marcus, Cam Bortz, and Bob Perry, who helped with my tent (8 man tent for 1 person!)which was much appreciated, got settled in on wednesday night while Tony, Daves's father was keeping the fire going. We had a good night around the fire, catching up with people, and watching as new ones arrived.
Got myself off to bed only to find I had a leaky airbed so felt the hardness of the field a couple of hours later.
Woke up to a beautiful sunny day up on the hill, Heather was already busy making breakfast, which was great. The whole atmosphere from start to finish and after the meet had drawn to a close was fantastic, the company, the hospitality, the surroundings, and even the weather!
Thursday I took part in a carving seminar with Manfred and Marcus, and after lunch Wayne had a lettering seminar, that night most of us went to the Corn Mill a great restaurant in Llangollen, came home to another evening around the campfire, something too that kept the whole thing together.
Friday there were more panels and projects unfolding Tom Kehoe did a seminar on graining, and the there were others on pinstriping, and the Pinstripers Speedway, flames, and shadowing, that evening we had a hog grill down by the camping, and what a spread that was, again the Kinny's hospitality was faultless, great meal followed by a fantastic firework display, and another late night around the fire.
Saturday already....and time always goes twice as fast at meets or so it seems, you're just getting into things and at the same time its getting time to wind down, we had a do at the town hall in the evening which was a good laugh, and great food....and some nifty footwork, but not by me, I never packed my dancing shoes!
Sunday morning I didn't want to leave and there was still plenty of activity, that said around 5pm I travelled back to Knighton to say good bye and have some supper, before the trip to the Nordic terminal at Immingham, and my 26 hour freight boat ride to Sweden, it was a huge contrast to the meet 4 passengers on a boat with a 300 semi trailer capacity, and not so much as a word exchanged....weird.
I'll share my pics and a few of the ones Bob Kynaston let me have before I left, hope nobody minds, have lots more, if there's interest.
Thanks again for a real memory for life, and for a tremendous effort and hard work up at Nant Ucha
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Great pics folks- AND WHAT A MEET!! I just had the BEST time!- and yes Henry its kinda freaky -when you hit Civilisation again and no-one will speak or even look at you.
Grateful thanks to Dave- Tina-and Family who just made the whole week a shear pleasure.( And sincere apologies to all the "victims" of my seminar)
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Rachel use any photos you want, glad you liked them.. Sonny it was unfortunate you couldnt make it .. you would have loved it ...catch up with you next time pal.
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SO many to thank!!! Scott and Henry for the photos. Helps to ease the pain of letting go from the meet.
We are home and all is well! What a fantastic time we had in our modern day tipi, thanks Ashley and Sarah!!!!!!!
Lucky us, people on the plane and in the airport were friendly! A bit of damage to the guitar case, but not the striping. Thanks Mike, Jules loves it! Both kids met us at the airport and we have many good stories to get them out travelling, experiencing other places. May they find open hearts as we have!
We are so lucky to have this beautiful letterheads family!!!!!!!! So much to learn from each other and well with Manfred around we will laugh very hard!
Thank you to Stewart and Avril for all the care and style; camping has never been so good!!!!!!
David, Heather, Tony and Chris thank you for opening your home and welcoming us to the hillside!!!!!!!!!!!
-------------------- Dawn Lane The Circle School Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 8 | From: Thornhill Ontario | Registered: Jul 2007
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Hopefully the film I shot will also hold some treasures!!!!!!!!!! If so I'll scan them and repost.
Yes Mike we will look into these artists for a wee listen!!!!! Ask and ye shall receive! You may have to help write the anthem, or perhaps it will have some spontaneous verses like all good campfire songs.
Be well! Dawn and Steve Lane
-------------------- Dawn Lane The Circle School Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 8 | From: Thornhill Ontario | Registered: Jul 2007
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We arrived yesterday night save and sound after a 2 days road trip with a night in Belgium.
I cannot add much more to your post, Henrys report told a lot, and our pictures are similar. Thanks for showing them Henry.
Just want to say "THANK YOU SO MUCH" to David, Tina and all the Kynaston gang for this fabulous event. Organization, seminars, location, food, people, weather, firework ..... everything was just perfect. Only the time runs to fast!
It was great to meet you all again. Can´t wait to the next meet.
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This is really interesting. My ancestory comes from Wales. My family lived in Glamorgan. I think thats a county.. and the name Bridgend keeps coming up...
Grandma was an Owen, but we are all Hopkins.
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Thank you everyone, such lovely postings, such a great crowd, You MADE it.
Special thanks to the best line up of project leaders any meet could wish for: Marcus and Manfred, Tom Kehoe, Wayne Osborne, Mike Meyer, Mike Chamberlin and Mark Kramer, Peter Anthony and Neil Melliard.
Thanks to all our sponsors for the goodie bags and door prizes, especially Signcraft, A.S. Handover, Wrights of Lymm, 1-Shot, Francisco Vargas, Pete Ball, Dave Smith, Sign Business, Pinstriping UK and Purdy Brushes. There were enough prizes for all adult attendies and the kids. Many thanks to Steve and Barb, I couldn't have arranged anything with out the BB.
Many thanks for the fabulous goodies sent by Mack brushes which were shared amoungst the "Pinstripers Speedway" winners with the bulk going to 11 year old Ben "Beanie" Cousins.The young man from northen Ireland made a mockery of some of the worlds finest stripers as he cruised to victory on that Friday afternoon in the chicken shed where history was made!
Thanks Mum,Dad,Bob'n''eather, Diane and Anna for feeding and looking after us all you were Brill.
And of course, to my wife, who kept me going forward all along, thanks Tina, and NO we're not doing another one !
-------------------- David Kynaston Tyn Celyn, Nant Uchaf Farm, Tower Hill, Garth, Llangollen, N. Wales, U.K. LL20 7YH 01978 821552/823421 kynastonh@aol.com Posts: 36 | From: North Wales, U.K. | Registered: Jan 2004
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Ben, or 'Beanie' as he is known by had a great time at the Letterheads meet. He just left the workshop with some 1-Shot and a few panels to practice pinstriping with his new brushes at home. He turned 12 years old just over 2 weeks ago and already has 1-Shot in his veins!
he got several of the guys at the meet to pinstripe and sign the magnificent trophy that Stuart McLaren carved.
-------------------- James Kelly Ireland Posts: 43 | From: N. Ireland | Registered: Dec 1998
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Hooray for Beanie! I just showed this to my Justis, who is 11. I'm taking him to the Wisconsin meet next summer if I can afford train fare. Are you and Beanie coming over, James? I still owe you a can of coffee! Love....Jill PS Dawn's link is fabulous.
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We learned about the Wisconsin meet from Mike Meyer last week and are considering it. We'll have to price it all out first. Could be a lot for a family of four.
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