I have known Barry for many years now and its a privilege and a honour to call him my very good friend, I have spent many happy hours at his place with his brother Michael and Terry god bless him when he was with us along with Barrys niece Tina, we used to go to the BFCC's together and I helped Barry and Michael unload their car with boxes and boxes of 8mm films to be sold, helping set up the tables and helping selling the films on the day but always it was a pleasure, at the end of the day after the convention we would all go over the a restaurant and have a very enjoyable meal together and talk about the days activities.
Then me and Barry used to go to the Northern Film Collectors Convention in Blackpool when it was run by Derann, we would drive up on the Friday morning stopping on route for breakfast before arriving in Blackpool late morning, after checking in to the hotel we would have a leisurely stroll around Blackpool, Saturday morning would after breakfast would be a stroll along the sea front to catch the sea breeze before heading to the shops to see what was on offer, and then a quick bite of lunch before heading back to the hotel to catch up with fellow collectors who had arrived, sitting in the bar having a drink and a chat, that night it was the convention dinner and me and barry always made sure we sat on the same table, well somebody had to help Barry back to his room with all the raffle prizes he won (lol) the next day it was the convention and same again we would walk around chatting about what was for sale, watching the film shows and then the infamouse auction.
The weekend was just pleasure and enjoyment from start to finish.
Barry is really my very best friend and their is not many people I can say that about, and he has proved that in 1993 and 2003 Barry will know what those dates mean