How do you store your collection, and material
relating to ‘the Prisoner? Years ago I used to have paper material stored in
folders, box files, and ring-binders, placed in my study on bookshelves. They
contained everything I could collect on the subject of ‘the Prisoner.’ From Six
of One: The Prisoner appreciation society to TV and film magazines. I collected
magazine and newspaper cuttings. Even material which wasn’t strictly to do with
‘the Prisoner’ but was nevertheless Prisoneresque. They also contained letters
from correspondents from all over Britain, and Europe to some extent. Pictures
and posters of the series adorned the walls of my study, videos stood upon the
shelves, as did tapes and cd soundtracks of the series. I never had anything
stored away in a dark cupboard for fear of the sun getting to it and fading
video covers, for example. What would be the point in that, I would never be
able to look upon them. In fact much of my collection to do with ‘the Prisoner’
was on display. Village candles, Village buildings made from resin. Numerous die-cast
vehicles connected to the series, even the Scammell Highwayman transporter
lorry had a cage on its trailer! There was a letter box, a model of St.
Stephen’s tower, a Lotus Seven, Village taxi, a Route master double-decker bus,
along with a few others.
However time marches on, and attitudes
change, what is more, the collected material, and the collection as a whole,
had become very large indeed. Files marked Village Post of which there are
many. Others marked the Prisoner, or ESCAPE, as well as Information. badges,
mugs, postcards etc all placed in safe boxes. And eventually the majority of
collection was boxed up and is now stored carefully away in the archive,
situated either in the cellar, or in the cupboard on the landing! While some
material, magazines, books etc, etc remains in a cabinet for reference
purposes. Videos, DVD’s, and cd’s sit upon shelves. But no
pictures or posters of ‘the Prisoner’ adorn the walls now. Well their day had
come and gone.
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