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  • 1 July 2020 at 7:20 am #574661
    Martin Lewis
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    I need a picture of the splendid round-window frontage of the Fullerscopes shop when it was located on the Finchley Road in Temple Fortune. This is to illustrate a talk I am giving on the night-side imaging of Venus at 1000nm next Tuesday on Dave Eagle’s Virtual Astronomy webinars. I have a very small scanned image from the back of a catalogue from 1973 (above), but would love a higher resolution one if there is anyone out there who has such a picture.

    Thanks

    Martin

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    1 July 2020 at 7:36 pm #582711
    Daryl Dobbs
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    You could try contacting this website 

    http://www.brayebrookobservatory.org/BrayObsWebSite/HOMEPAGE/forum/So%20Called%20Telescope%20Makers.html

    Or there is a picture at the bottom of this website page

    https://www.bcftelescopes.co.uk/about-broadhurst-clarkson-and-fuller-ltd/broadhurstclarksonandfullerltd/

    1 July 2020 at 8:29 pm #582712
    Martin Lewis
    Participant

    Thanks Daryl,

    I remember reading that saga before in your first link.

    I did find the picture in the bottom link which is very good but really wanted the later frontage with the round window I used to stare through!

    Thanks for your help anyway,

    Best wishes

    Martin

    2 July 2020 at 3:32 pm #582716
    David Arditti
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    Don’t try contacting the first website that Daryl quotes. People who have been involved with BAA for a while will know why.

    2 July 2020 at 3:39 pm #582717
    Martin Lewis
    Participant

    Yes, sage advice David – alarm bells were ringing in my ears as I read it. Didn’t want to end up in the small claim court myself!

    Martin

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