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Dazman and Gingerkate at the start of the party. The book had only arrived from the printers that morning |
Tiggs, Marc, Kate, Gordon and Freda. Gordon is starting to worry about getting Sutty hidden in the cellar |
Nick Alcock starts the poetry reading suitably dressed for the occasion |
An audience of 'Rocktalkers': Sutty, Duncan, Tiggs, Dazman, Dave Garnett, Jude, Alison B, Nick, Meg, and Gingerkate in the foreground |
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Sutty emerges from the hidden cellar hatchway as Puttrell's 'ghost' |
'Putty' reads from 'The Rime of the Ancient Gritstoner' |
Marc C reads 'Shall I compare thee to a worn PA?' |
Jude C reads 'A Cautionary Tale' |
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Duncan attempts to recite 'To smear or not to smear' by heart |
Gordon reads 'A Climber's Tale' in Chaucerian mode |
Gingerkate 'sings' 'Anarchy in the BMC', with Marc accompanying on guitar |
Paul Saunders reads 'The March of the Trad Brigade' |
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Nick, Dazman and Kate reenact 'An Ode to a Night in a Gale' ... about which the less said the better...! |
'The Gang of Four' at the end of the show. Marc about to cut the cake |
The Owl and the Cragrat launchday party cake |
Early on Sunday, Gordon is very happy at the completion of the whole project |
The pictures were taken by the following photographers (numbered from L to R, top to bottom):
Tim le Grey: 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 13; Freda Raphael: 5; Darren Jackson: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16