ARTS

STAG’S WORLD OF ROCK

They say fact is stranger than fiction? A great song came up on my timeline on a video/cartoon of a song called ‘Interstella Boy’ – a song about a young alien who comes down to earth for the day. It is by an artist called Dil Williams. However, when I tracked him down it was an old mate of mine, Will Williams from Porthcawl. I’ve known Will for years, in fact we ran the Spanish Marathon together in the late 80s, but I never even knew he played the guitar let alone write songs of this calibre! The song is off a 6-track C.D. he’s written, which includes the above single, plus ‘Patchouli Girl’, ‘Lines’, ‘Laburnum Way’, ‘Cobalt Blue’ and ‘Truman Show/Collective Dialogue’. The music is acoustic, chilled but very spacey with the hint of Pink Floyd, perhaps. He is joined on the album by guest musicians including Roger Clatworthy and top guitarist Mark Jones. It really is worth a listen and available on Spotify and Bandcamp. Will told me it was written while we were in lockdown. The Album is called ‘Interstella’ but the whole project is absolutely stellar! Finally, keep your music news coming in.

Stag Marks 07549 728356

Picture: The cover of ‘Interstella’

A FILM MAKER’S POINT OF VIEW

When I decided to make a film about the Llandow Air Disaster of 1950, the first thing that was apparent to me was that the aircraft which crashed in the corner of a field in the village of Sigingstone was an Avro Tudor 5, and that only a few aircraft of this type had been built. Every one of them had been scrapped, so there was nothing in existence to show in the film. There was only one answer as far as I was concerned: I would make a 1/16th scale model of it, which would give a fuselage length of 6ft 7in and a wingspan of 7ft 6in. It would not need to be a flying model, because the special effects would be arranged by other methods, so weight would not be too much of a problem, although it should still be kept to a minimum, using balsa wood and thin model-making plywood for the main part of the structure. For realism, it will be covered in very thin aluminium sheeting complete with mock rivet holes. And four small electric motors will spin the propellers. The photograph shows it in an early stage of construction – there will be more to say about it later in the year.

Anthony Hontoir Downwood Films 07510 934299

Picture: Avro Tudor 5 model under construction

PYLE & PORTHCAWL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Congratulations to Richard Craze for winning the Trevor Owen Trophy for our Club Photographer of the Year for the 2021- 22 season. Richard also won the Best Print Photographer and the Best Digital Image Photographer awards. We’re a very friendly camera club with a mix of male & female members and welcome new members of all ages and skill levels, it’s all very informal so if you have an interest in photography why not join us, we meet on Thursday evenings at 7pm at St Clare’s School, Newton CF36 5NR.

Our program is available at www.pyle-porthcawl-ps.co.uk