A week today will be my final day working at Stirling University on the Lindsay Anderson Archive and the 'Cinema Authorship of Lindsay Anderson' AHRC project. I'm excited about the new challenges the future will bring- including the immediate challenge of finding a new job! However after three years working with the archive I'll be incredibly sad to leave Lindsay (as I now think of him) behind. I feel like I've really come to know him over the past 3 years - though I know that this is in no way comparable to those who actually knew him during his lifetime. I also feel rather possessive of the archive - is this a common feeling amongst archivists when you work so long with one collection? I imagine so - but I know that it is in good hands at Stirling University, particularly now it will be housed in the lovely new Archive store (more pictures of the new archive to follow tomorrow as I forgot my camera today). London is calling though and I am super excited about the move to London with my husband to start a new stage in our life in a city which we both already love. For today though I better stop gabbing and get back to David Vaughan (yes, I'm on 'V' of the named correspondence files - not long to go now!). I did try and scan a rather lovely piece of sheet music which David Vaughan sent to Lindsay Anderson for the 1929 film 'The Broadway Melody' but my highly temperamental scanner seems to have finally given up the ghost.
So instead here is a photo of my co-workers from the Lindsay Anderson project on a team away day we recently enjoyed. The photo is taken near the
Standing Stones on Machrie Moor on the Isle of Arran. We had a lovely day, we walked for three hours in total, saw lots of beautiful countryside, enjoyed each others company - and a well deserved pint at the end of the walk!
