Girona Documentary Shows in London, With Special Guests

Andrew Gough · **Joined:** 17 Sep 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 874

Carrie Kirkpatrick debuted her excellent new documentary on the Mystical Legends of Spain. Girona: City of Secrets in London's Devereux pub last night. In attendance were members of London's 'Moot With No Name' as well as special guests Patrice Chaplin, Ben Hammott, Bill Kersey, Rat Scabies, David Barrett and London's Rav Fashion designer, Namalee Bolle.

The documentary, which was original created as part of series on Mysterious Spain for ex-pats living in Spain, is now the full ownership of Carrie, so any interested parties should inquire here and I will put you in touch with her.

The footage and interviews were superb (although I might be biased) and featured Patrice and myself as 'talking heads' and was introduced by David Barrett, who provided an excellent background to the Girona story for those who were not familiar.

Here are some pictures from the night.

Carrie Kirkpatrick introducing the documentary:

Ben Hammott and I share a laugh and discuss his eagerly awaited new book:

RLC aficionado and all around anarchist Rat Scabies, and Rav Fashion Diva Namalee Bolle:

RLC Author and 'Bloodline' researcher Bill Kersey, talking about his latest Visigoth findings in RLC:

Author and 'Fortean Times' contributor David Barrett, working the room:

Patrice Chaplin and myself - fueling rumours of our stormy affair (ha!):

ndawe · **Posted:** 20 Nov 2008 10:22 am

Thanks for the update Andy - good to hear it went well. And the photos are great.
And is it my imagination, but is Ben beginning to resemble the portrait of Sauniere shown on the front cover of his book? Surely a step too far?!
Nicole

VeryAngryMother · **Posted:** 20 Nov 2008 10:50 am

ndawe wrote:

And is it my imagination, but is Ben beginning to resemble the portrait of Sauniere shown on the front cover of his book? Surely a step too far?!

Well he certainly didn't resemble anyone living when he rolled in in the early hours of this morning! :lol:

Andrew Gough · **Joined:** 17 Sep 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 874

I can vouch for the fact that Ben only drank 6 or 7 Vodka and Cokes - no more VAM.

And I was touched that he signed my copy of his book:

"To Andy, maybe one day you will believe" :wink:

Seriously, Ben was in very good form and it was really nice to see him. We had a laugh.

Andrew Gough · **Joined:** 17 Sep 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 874

Wish you could have been there VAM.

lori · **Posted:** 20 Nov 2008 2:57 pm

Man, I need to move to London. I am soooooooo jealous right now. :wink:

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

Thanks Andrew for posting these pictures. It is really lovely having faces to see that go with names :-)

Cheers!
Paula

p.s. Vodka/Coke (tell ben that the caffeine in the Coke just ruins the vodka buzz :lol:

)

Shasta · **Joined:** 19 Nov 2008 11:01 am **Posts:** 1702

You are all having wayyyyyyyyyyy too much fun without me..
I'm moving to London ASAP.
Picture of David Barrett working the room with his arm in a sling? Looks like someone worked over David. Hope that's no indication how David and Andy settle their RLC differences.

Shasta

Andrew Gough · **Joined:** 17 Sep 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 874

Ha! I don't think David and Andy have many, if any RLC differences, actually.

tingra · **Posted:** 20 Nov 2008 6:25 pm

VeryAngryMother wrote:

ndawe wrote:

And is it my imagination, but is Ben beginning to resemble the portrait of Sauniere shown on the front cover of his book? Surely a step too far?!

Well he certainly didn't resemble anyone living when he rolled in in the early hours of this morning! :lol:

VAM.....that was so funny it made me laugh out loud at work this morning when i shouldnt have been on the tinternet.....got some strange looks i can tell you :lol:

DVB · **Joined:** 20 Jul 2008 4:03 pm **Posts:** 683

Shasta wrote:

You are all having wayyyyyyyyyyy too much fun without me..
I'm moving to London ASAP.
Picture of David Barrett working the room with his arm in a sling? Looks like someone worked over David. Hope that's no indication how David and Andy settle their RLC differences.

Shasta

He caught me making eyes at his true love.... :roll:

I thought I'd better add another smiley here, just in case anyone took me seriously... :wink:

Andrew Gough · **Joined:** 17 Sep 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 874

Pistols at 50 paces at dawn, David!

He he!

:wink:

JCDennan · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2010 2:56 pm **Posts:** 2

Quote:

Carrie Kirkpatrick debuted her excellent new documentary on the Mystical Legends of Spain. Girona: City of Secrets

Just watched Mystical Legends of Spain on vimeo - it is fabulous! Hope there will be more from Carrie in the future!

Renne · **Posted:** 08 Aug 2010 10:43 pm

That was a terrific video with the interviews with Patrice and Andrew, the

Girona tour, and the Society ceremony reenactment. The names they were

invoking all ended in "...iel" which reminded me of the angels in the "Book of Enoch".

Renne · **Posted:** 08 Aug 2010 10:43 pm

Gerona.

Hugo Furst · **Posted:** 26 Aug 2010 8:24 pm

Even tho' it wasn't mentioned as to the 4 folks doin' their mantra 'thang' in Girona on the video, its clear that their voices were British. IMHO, Are they the 'special' guests?

My 1st thought was are they forum folks as well ? If so, they took that scene seriously. I didn't notice any buddy hammin' it up for the camera. The 1st thing I noticed is that Andrew lost his Chicago twang.

Renne · **Posted:** 26 Aug 2010 11:43 pm

Is this the stairway to the side door to the French woman`s house described by Patrice in CoS? Thank you to DVB for obtaining and publishing these controversial photographs. These were old pictures weren`t they? They were given to Patrice by a 91 year old woman but the publisher objected to them. The pictures we have of RLC and Girona were professional pictures taken for postcard production. I think that the above photos were an early form of photo-shop to remember visits to an area where a professional photog was not available. That`s a great close-up of Sauniere.

BULLDOGNIC · **Joined:** 24 Apr 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1873

Quote:

Is this the stairway to the side door to the French woman`s house described by Patrice in CoS? Thank you to DVB for obtaining and publishing these controversial photographs. These were old pictures weren`t they? They were given to Patrice by a 91 year old woman but the publisher objected to them. The pictures we have of RLC and Girona were professional pictures taken for postcard production. I think that the above photos were an early form of photo-shop to remember visits to an area where a professional photog was not available. That`s a great close-up of Sauniere.

Me-thinks the pictures are about as old as City of Secrets! All the Sauniere pictures can be found elsewhere and have been Photoshopped more recently over the older original Girona photographs. Shame but true

Regards
Nic

Renne · **Posted:** 27 Aug 2010 1:49 am

I`d say that these photos were composed a long time ago.

TCP · **Posted:** 27 Aug 2010 1:50 am

BULLDOGNIC wrote:

Quote:

Is this the stairway to the side door to the French woman`s house described by Patrice in CoS? Thank you to DVB for obtaining and publishing these controversial photographs. These were old pictures weren`t they? They were given to Patrice by a 91 year old woman but the publisher objected to them. The pictures we have of RLC and Girona were professional pictures taken for postcard production. I think that the above photos were an early form of photo-shop to remember visits to an area where a professional photog was not available. That`s a great close-up of Sauniere.

Me-thinks the pictures are about as old as City of Secrets! All the Sauniere pictures can be found elsewhere and have been Photoshopped more recently over the older original Girona photographs. Shame but true

Regards
Nic

And, lest we forget - the hotel stationery snafu. Too bad the publisher didn't "reject" that one!

TCP

TCP · **Posted:** 27 Aug 2010 1:51 am

Renne wrote:

I`d say that these photos were composed a long time ago.

Based on...?

TCP

Renne · **Posted:** 27 Aug 2010 2:09 am

The same objection was raised to the Castillon Diary -

the hotel time-line. It seems to be a common debunker`s ploy.

TCP · **Posted:** 27 Aug 2010 2:45 am

Renne wrote:

The same objection was raised to the Castillon Diary -

the hotel time-line. It seems to be a common debunker`s ploy.

More like the myth-maker's peril.

TCP

Sheila · **Posted:** 27 Aug 2010 7:22 am

The top character is Alfred rather than his brother imo.

Thomas D. · **Posted:** 27 Aug 2010 9:33 am

Quote:

The same objection was raised to the Castillon Diary -

the hotel time-line. It seems to be a common debunker`s ploy.

[/quote]

Your hero never stayed at the Hotel Boscolo in Lyon Mary because that particular
grand Bourgeois hotel didn't operate under that name until about 100yrs AFTER he claimed to have visited.........
Ergo 'Castillion Diary' is a modern invention.

Do you really want to humiliate yourself again?

Let it go...........! :roll:

Try and show a modicum of dignity and self respect.

TD :wink:

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