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Douglas Vaughan had a household voice, which was known
to millions who watched television or listened to the radio during
the second half of the last century.
He was a continuity announcer whose voice was the link between
programmes or sometimes he would read the news or the
weather forecasts.
During the late 1960s and 1970s, his voice described the
antiques in a popular quiz programme at the time called
Going For A Song and which made famous an antiques
expert called Arthur Negus.
Mr Vaughan was born in Wanstead, London, and attended the
Royal Masonic School before studying at Bristol University.
As a student after the outbreak of World War II, he he joined
the Army and served with the Devon Regiment before suffering
an eye injury in 1942.
After the war finished, he joined the BBC and worked for them
in Bristol until he retired in the 1980s.
He lived in Clifton Wood with his wife Joan, who worked as a
sound engineer with the BBC.
He is survived by his son Nigel, a stepdaughter, Anna, and
one grandchild.
His funeral will be held at Canford Crematorium, Bristol on
Monday March 15th at 11AM.
(Bristol Evening Post, third edition, 12th March 2010)
There was also a
brief notice in The Times.
. . .
Douglas was hugely liked by so many. He had the voice of his namesake Paul,
although arguably with even more gravitas. In the case of Sound and Film Test
Room, that liking might have been a trifle reluctant, since he once famously EFR'ed the
West Region continuity clock for being a quarter-second slow.
I remember two significant incidents: firstly as a 'sprog,' being almost bowled
over by a high-speed Douglas crossing the old BH reception area, bang on
time for the afternoon news on VHF, but late if impeded in any way. He had it
down to the quarter-second (see above).
The second incident was years later when, as a dubbing mixer, I was recording
voiceovers for a regional TV arts programme. Some 'bright young things' in
production had persuaded a recently-retired Douglas to voiceover a short film
"
to give it a period feel."
We older hands knew what to expect: Douglas appeared, bang on time,
delivered the script perfectly in the first take, and departed, leaving comments
of "Wow, that was
amazing!" in his wake.
. . .
Douglas Vaughan: a man with a twinkle in his eye, who charmed
through his excellence and his kindness.
Far from forgotten, RIP, Dougie.
Simonm.
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