Hammer Time at Memorabilia

By John Freeman on November 19, 2007

The winter Memorabilia collectables fair (www.memorabilia.co.uk) takes place at the NEC in Birmingham (UK) next weekend (24-25th November) and among the attractions, including guest appearances by Heroes‘ Greg Grunberg and a number of Hammer veterans, including Barrie Ingham, Caroline Munro, Dave Prowse, Leslie Phillips, Madeline Smith, Geoffrey Bayldon and Georgina Hale.

Also attending are key members of the Beyond the Rave team (Hammer Films’ new production), who will be doing a signing at the Gorezone magazine stand, including stars Matthew Forest and Leslie Simpson, production manager James Harris, and director Matthias Hoene.

Bridging the two is actress Ingrid Pitt, who will be on her Pitt of Horror stand, next to the HammerShop (www.hammerfilms.com/shop).

Memorabilia is the collector’s fair of the year, bringing hundreds of stalls under one roof dedicated to film and television collectables, alongside a large number of special guests at star table signings.

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.