I had great news today from freelance journalist Richard Vobes who emailed me to say that he has done another DVD on The Lion Hotel, this time about the stagecoach era.
Following his Shrewsbury video as part of a web series called The Bald Explorer the film-maker is launching the coaching DVD in the New Year to the American market and pitching the idea to the BBC and Channel 4 this week.
In an earlier blog I mentioned that the film-maker has already produced a video about Lewes in East Sussex and then one about Shrewsbury.
He interviewed me about my book, Four Centuries at The Lion Hotel, and owner, Howard Astbury, about the famous guests who have stayed there including Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, ‘Mad Jack’ Mytton, Benjamin Disraeli, Niccolo Paganini and in modern times The Beatles, Morecambe and Wise and Cliff Richard.
Now Richard Vobes, (pictured below filming in Shrewsbury), who is an entertainer, actor, independent film maker and Internet broadcaster, has taken the Shrewsbury stagecoach story out of the original interview with me and turned it into a separate DVD.
Of his visit to Shrewsbury he said: “The town is such a fascinating place and steeped in history. One particular focal point is naturally the busy coaching inn, The Lion Hotel, at the top of the curiously named street, Wyle Cop.
“Luckily for me some one has already done all the necessary research I could ever want and more.
“John Butterworth, ex-editor of the Shrewsbury Chronicle (12 years), has published a wonderful account of the life of the county town's premier hotel, formerly known as the Red Lion, but now renamed simply as The Lion.”
To see Richard’s film on Shrewsbury go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWf2K55Igfc and for the coaching DVD press play above.
You can also see his blog at http://vobes.com/blog.php
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