Hi Roger, I had fleeting contact with the OU at AP in the 70s. I joined Studio Capital Projects (SCPD) as a Graduate Trainee in 1979. Our training "circus" included brief attachments to many operational areas. At the time VT at TVC had lost many engineers to ITV and had recruited many new staff to replace them. Because of this they were unable to accept "hangers-on" like us so for VT operations experience we were sent to OU VT at AP. I spent a week there in late 1979. The VT area was accommodated in Portacabins in one of the halls and equipped with Ampex quad 2" VT machines. I was able to watch fascinated as they carried out two-machine editing. About the first thing I was asked after introducing myself was "do you play badminton?". The VT guys there were fanatical badminton players. Next day I went equipped with kit and racket. They would stop for lunch, change, play nearly a whole hour on a court marked up in the hall alongside, then quick change, grab sandwiches and back to editing! Sadly I can't remember any names.