Marsha and I have been shooting video since 1980 and we're always meaning to do something with it (beyond rearranging the cassettes on the shelves and dusting them every few years.) So this is part of the project.
While we lived in France in 1994-95, we had a pretty good video camera which shot in Hi-8. We've actually transferred some of this to digital tape and then edited it into a couple of our travel films, most notably the latest one, "Etched in Stone."
So as we were preparing video from the Chateau in Provence, we noticed some characters appearing here and there; people who came to visit during our year in Provence. John Spotswood, Joan's brother and therefore uncle to some of you, came to visit in January of '95 and stayed for a few days. He was a man of great good humour and we enjoyed his visit immensely. John has passed away since then, (I forget when, but it's been a few years) so if you never met him, these couple of minutes will be your introduction.
