Robin Lidster – Magic Lantern Man
Robin Lidster - Magic Lantern Man
Based in England.
Lectures and shows in Yorkshire and the North East but willing to travel anywhere.
Profile: Robin is the author of a number of books on the local and railway history of the Yorkshire coast and has been providing shows for a variety of audiences for over 25 years. Shows are tailor made from a collection of over 2000 original lantern slides that include dissolving views, hand-painted and animated slides, the dazzling chromotropes and a large number of topographic slides which cover the Yorkshire coast, lifeboats and shipwreck, local history, railways and other transport, marine and seashore life, village life and street scenes, and seaside resorts. These slides range in date from about 1880 to 1950.
Two types of lantern are used for the shows – a “Metamorphoser” (120 years old) for smaller groups, and a Biunial for the larger shows (see photograph).
For further details see website: www.magiclanternman.com
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