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Various: : TV Times Extra CROSSROADS Wedding Souvenir

LONDON.INDEPENDENT TELEVISION PUBLICATIONS LTD.,1975.

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UK,slim Qrto wraps,b/w+colour photographs,1st edn. FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from front cover.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,glossy, bride and groom [Meg and Hugh] colour photographic illustrated front paper cover,with black- TV Times Extra and red-lettered CROSSROADS Wedding Souvenir legend,rear cover with colour photograph of the white Rolls Royce wedding car with Just Married placard attached.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,front cover with an accidental but faint,vertical crease affecting with lessening degree, the following 4pp and an approx. 1/2" split at foot of front cover's spine,the spine with slightly rusted staples; else contents bright,tight,crisp and clean - near pristine - with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim Qrto wraps,b/w+colour photographs,1st edn,3-64pp [paginated] includes 9 articles: Meg - Her brave gamble for happiness.11pp of the first faltering days of a lot of events happening to the attrative young widow who faced every challenge and set-back so bravely; 4pp Hugh and Meg: The long years of heartache; 8pp Getting ready for their big day - bride+groom preparations includes 2pp b/w illustrations of outfits and accessories etc; 13pp Our Wedding Meg and Hugh; 3pp Here's wishing you all the best - b/w portrait photographs of regular cast members and their quotes; 8pp For better,for Worse - b/w+colour wedding photographs of some of the 19 couples who married; 8pp Jilted... days before her wedding,6pp When two young people meet and part: John Bentley (Hugh) has been unlucky in love -but is still an incurable romantic; and last article - and now,what does the future hold for Crossroads? Meg and Hugh are on honeymoon,the wedding over and there's naturally a mood of anti-climaxThe stories continue with more drama,and more romances to come.Plus [unpaginated] preamble about theforthcoming wedding and colour photograph of the Wedding invite with colour portrait photograph of Meg to its reverse,and the inside of rear cover with b/w photograph of the wedding crowd outside the catherdral with Cast list superimposed over it.                                            Visually,the external appearance is still exceptional, and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a item book of it’s near 50year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral souvenir magazine.It is only the minor faults described,that prevent a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for it’s brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of any other age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in paper wraps item such as this.  "Crossroads Motel, may I help you?" These words opened ATV's [Associated Televison - a part of the ITV network] answer to Coronation Street,but the production values and acting were so legendarily poor that the  IBA [Independent Broadcasting Authority] ordered its weekly output to be restricted to three (down from five) episodes per week Crossroads (later known as Crossroads Motel and Crossroads King's Oak) is a British TV soap opera that ran on ITV over two periods – the original 1964 to 1988 run,followed by a short revival from 2001 to 2003.Some 20,000 actors and actresses are estimmated to have paased through its portals, amongst them,Malcolm McDowell, Elaine Page, Larry Grayson (Meg's wedding chaffeur),and Gretchen Franklin ( -> Eastenders).Of the show's backroom staff,it is not without interest that Crossroad's initial producer,Reg Watson,went on to create Australian supersoap 'Neighbours' and prison melodrama 'Prisoner: Cell Block H.   Episode 2301 from April 1975 - Meg and Hugh’s big day finally arrives as they tie the knot at Birmingham Cathedral and bring Birmingham to a standstill. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order, especially if ordering any multiples.                         N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                         

UK,slim Qrto wraps,b/w+colour photographs,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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