Hello

[liamegan2000]

Hello world.

Bill.

[houserules2000]

Hi Bill, and thanx for joining the group!
I hope we'll see others here soon (I've invited four more, who I know
are also fans, but no replies as yet). If you know anyone who'd be
interested by all means tell them about the group.
There's too little on our favourite show, unlike many other TV shows,
so places like this seem to be the only place we can meet and talk.
Unlike most other Yahoo Groups, I'm hoping that the chat room section
on this one will be used. I intend to run it as a sort of 1850s dock
tavern: any ideas on names? I can't seem to recall any specific ones
from TOL…
Anyway, nice to see you and do drop by as often as you like!
Cya
Lestat

— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Terran" <terran@s…> wrote:
> Hello world.
>
> Bill.

[bastet1958]

Hello everybody,
I joined this group recently and I would like to introduce myself.
My name is Erika and I live in the south of Germany. I have been an
Onedin Line fan for over 30 years now. It has fascinated me from the
beginning, when I was a girl of 14, but even now, as a woman in her
midforties, the series has the same thrill for me. I think it's the
blend of fact and fiction, of adventure and romance, of good script
and excellent acting which makes the series so outstanding and unique.
The first episode of the Onedin Line ever shown in Germany was
broadcast by Bavarian television on Oct. 25th, 1972.I still remember
it well; we only had a black-and-white screen then. In Germany, the
Onedin Line ran on the regional channels, not the federal ones. This
meant that there was only little information about it in the
magazines. I collected every litle scrap I could find, but all in all
it was not much. So I was delighted when finally, nearly 30 years
after its start, I found information on my favourite series in the
internet! In fact, I've learned more about the Onedin Line in the
past 3 years than in the 25 years before!
In 2001, I discovered the "inofficial website of the Onedin Line". I
thought it was excellent and contacted its creator, a young Cambridge
student. We exchanged several e-mails, and the young lady was very
kind and knowledgeable. Then suddenly, in Oct. 2002, the site
vanished from the web. I tried to contact her by e-mail and even by
letter, but got no replies. Does anyone know what has happened to the
website or to the girl who created it?
I haven't seen the whole of the Onedin Line. The last thing I
remember was that both Letty and Charlotte were pregnant. So if
somebody could give me a rough outline how the story continued to its
very end, I would be most grateful.
Now I am looking forward to Dec 21st, when the German channel NDR 3
will start series 1 of the Onedin Line. They have planned to show
only the first 6 episodes. I hope this is a test, just to see if the
series still appeals to the public, and more will follow in the
future.
So much for today,
hoping to hear from many members of this group,
Erika

[liamegan2000]

Erika,

Welcome, glad you found us all here.

I actually have every episode on VHS tape, this amounts to about 16
cassettes. Many of the episodes were at the time recorded using lp rather
than sp, to conserve tape as the cassettes were quite expensive at the time.
This means the quality is not very good on some of the tapes but they are
"watchable".

I would like to be able to make copies of any or all of these available to
everyone on this list if they wanted them but this is not really feasible
because of the sheer number of episodes and of course it would be illegal
under copyright laws.

This is a shame, because unless one of the digital services decides to
repeat the whole series it is unlikely they will be available again.

Best wishes for the forthcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: "bastet1958" <erwinort@web.de>
To: <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 1:41 PM
Subject: [shiponedingroup] Hello

> Hello everybody,
> I joined this group recently and I would like to introduce myself.
> My name is Erika and I live in the south of Germany. I have been an
> Onedin Line fan for over 30 years now. It has fascinated me from the
> beginning, when I was a girl of 14, but even now, as a woman in her
> midforties, the series has the same thrill for me. I think it's the
> blend of fact and fiction, of adventure and romance, of good script
> and excellent acting which makes the series so outstanding and unique.
> The first episode of the Onedin Line ever shown in Germany was
> broadcast by Bavarian television on Oct. 25th, 1972.I still remember
> it well; we only had a black-and-white screen then. In Germany, the
> Onedin Line ran on the regional channels, not the federal ones. This
> meant that there was only little information about it in the
> magazines. I collected every litle scrap I could find, but all in all
> it was not much. So I was delighted when finally, nearly 30 years
> after its start, I found information on my favourite series in the
> internet! In fact, I've learned more about the Onedin Line in the
> past 3 years than in the 25 years before!
> In 2001, I discovered the "inofficial website of the Onedin Line". I
> thought it was excellent and contacted its creator, a young Cambridge
> student. We exchanged several e-mails, and the young lady was very
> kind and knowledgeable. Then suddenly, in Oct. 2002, the site
> vanished from the web. I tried to contact her by e-mail and even by
> letter, but got no replies. Does anyone know what has happened to the
> website or to the girl who created it?
> I haven't seen the whole of the Onedin Line. The last thing I
> remember was that both Letty and Charlotte were pregnant. So if
> somebody could give me a rough outline how the story continued to its
> very end, I would be most grateful.
> Now I am looking forward to Dec 21st, when the German channel NDR 3
> will start series 1 of the Onedin Line. They have planned to show
> only the first 6 episodes. I hope this is a test, just to see if the
> series still appeals to the public, and more will follow in the
> future.
> So much for today,
> hoping to hear from many members of this group,
> Erika

[drifting_sunn]

Bill,

 

My name is Anne and I was just reading some emails from the shiponedingroup and happened to see yours to Erika.

 

I am also new to your group but as you can probably guess, I loved this series and like everyone else I wish it was all available on video.  Does anyone know why only Series 1 and 2 were released and not more?

 

I'm from Australia and some of the series was screened on our pay tv but unfortunately I do not have it.  I don't know if the whole series was screened.  I've never been able to find out if there will ever be any more shown on tv or video.

 

Anyhow, I am glad to be part of the group

Anne from Oz
Bill <william.whittaker1@ntlworld.com> wrote:

Erika,

Welcome, glad you found us all here.

I actually have every episode on VHS tape, this amounts to about 16
cassettes. Many of the episodes were at the time recorded using lp rather
than sp, to conserve tape as the cassettes were quite expensive at the time.
This means the quality is not very good on some of the tapes but they are
"watchable".

I would like to be able to make copies of any or all of these available to
everyone on this list if they wanted them but this is not really feasible
because of the sheer number of episodes and of course it would be illegal
under copyright laws.

This is a shame, because unless one of the digital services decides to
repeat the whole series it is unlikely they will be available again.

Best wishes for the forthcoming Christmas and New Year
celebrations.

Bill.

----- Original Message -----
From: "bastet1958" <erwinort@web.de>
To: <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 1:41 PM
Subject: [shiponedingroup] Hello

> Hello everybody,
> I joined this group recently and I would like to introduce myself.
> My name is Erika and I live in the south of Germany. I have been an
> Onedin Line fan for over 30 years now. It has fascinated me from the
> beginning, when I was a girl of 14, but even now, as a woman in her
> midforties, the series has the same thrill for me. I think it's the
> blend of fact and fiction, of adventure and romance, of good script
> and excellent acting which makes the series so outstanding and unique.
> The first episode of the Onedin Line ever shown in Germany was
> broadcast by Bavarian television on Oct. 25th, 1972.I still remember
> it well; we only had a
black-and-white screen then. In Germany, the
> Onedin Line ran on the regional channels, not the federal ones. This
> meant that there was only little information about it in the
> magazines. I collected every litle scrap I could find, but all in all
> it was not much. So I was delighted when finally, nearly 30 years
> after its start, I found information on my favourite series in the
> internet! In fact, I've learned more about the Onedin Line in the
> past 3 years than in the 25 years before!
> In 2001, I discovered the "inofficial website of the Onedin Line". I
> thought it was excellent and contacted its creator, a young Cambridge
> student. We exchanged several e-mails, and the young lady was very
> kind and knowledgeable. Then suddenly, in Oct. 2002, the site
> vanished from the web. I tried to contact her by e-mail and even by
> letter, but got no replies. Does anyone know what has happened to
the
> website or to the girl who created it?
> I haven't seen the whole of the Onedin Line. The last thing I
> remember was that both Letty and Charlotte were pregnant. So if
> somebody could give me a rough outline how the story continued to its
> very end, I would be most grateful.
> Now I am looking  forward to Dec 21st, when the German channel NDR 3
> will start series 1 of the Onedin Line. They have planned to show
> only the first 6 episodes. I hope this is a test, just to see if the
> series still appeals to the public, and more will follow in the
> future.
> So much for today,
> hoping to hear from many members of this group,
> Erika

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[drifting_sunn]

Hello Erika,

 

My name is Anne and I am from Australia.  Like you I was about 13 or 14 when I first saw the Onedin Line and immediately fell in love with the ships and the characters.

 

I have the first 2 series on video but I believe no more have been or will be released.  Such a shame, the show had a big following here too.

 

I saw the whole series right through to the end but as it is such a long time ago, I don't accurately remember all of it.  I do know that the ending was happy for some and sad for others.  If you haven't already found out how it ended I'd be happy to try and remember for you.

 

I was really pleased to find that this wonderful series had such a big following and that fans can talk to each other about it.  Nice to meet you and hope to hear from you,

 

Anne

bastet1958 <erwinort@web.de> wrote:

Hello everybody,
I joined this group recently and I would like to introduce myself.
My name is Erika and I live in the south of Germany. I have been an
Onedin Line fan for over 30 years now. It has fascinated me from the
beginning, when I was a girl of 14, but even now, as a woman in her
midforties, the series has the same thrill for me. I think it's the
blend of fact and fiction, of adventure and romance, of good script
and excellent acting which makes the series so outstanding and unique.
The first episode of the Onedin Line ever shown in Germany was
broadcast by Bavarian television on Oct. 25th, 1972.I still remember
it well; we only had a black-and-white screen then. In Germany, the
Onedin Line ran on the regional channels, not the federal ones. This
meant that there was only little information about it in the
magazines. I
collected every litle scrap I could find, but all in all
it was not much. So I was delighted when finally, nearly 30 years
after its start, I found information on my favourite series in the
internet! In fact, I've learned more about the Onedin Line in the
past 3 years than in the 25 years before!
In 2001, I discovered the "inofficial website of the Onedin Line". I
thought it was excellent and contacted its creator, a young Cambridge
student. We exchanged several e-mails, and the young lady was very
kind and knowledgeable. Then suddenly, in Oct. 2002, the site
vanished from the web. I tried to contact her by e-mail and even by
letter, but got no replies. Does anyone know what has happened to the
website or to the girl who created it?
I haven't seen the whole of the Onedin Line. The last thing I
remember was that both Letty and Charlotte were pregnant. So if
somebody could give me a rough outline how the story continued to its

very end, I would be most grateful.
Now I am looking  forward to Dec 21st, when the German channel NDR 3
will start series 1 of the Onedin Line. They have planned to show
only the first 6 episodes. I hope this is a test, just to see if the
series still appeals to the public, and more will follow in the
future.
So much for today,
hoping to hear from many members of this group,
Erika

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[fiona.j.hall@btopenworld.com]

Hi

I have just joined this website and thought I'd say hello. As many of
the other posters have remarked it's nice to find you are not alone!!

I have been a fan of the series since 1971 and admit that it's
probably my all time favourite series. I don't remember the pilot
episode as I wouldn't have been allowed to stay up that late, but
certainly from when it became a proper series. I have the first
series in it's entirety on VHS (the BBC rescreened it when afternoon
TV started in 1986) and then the the rehashed second series on VHS
which I bought last year.

My children 12 and 6 saw it for the first time last year and were
instantly hooked – we had to watch the lot over a very short time as
they wanted to know what happens next!! I am afraid the hankies still
had to come out for Anne's death 30 years on!!

As one who doesn't have satellite/cable/digital I think the BBC
should have a classic drama slot where some of the great series of
the past can be reshown. We still have endless reruns of US crime and
SCIFI so why can't we celebrate our own home grown drama?

Anyway, I have a memory for odd facts so I may be able to help with a
few odd facts from time to time.

Fiona

[gemthequeen]

Hi to Erika and all the other people who have mentioned my site on
this forum! Really sorry for all the confusion, I didn't realise
people would miss it as much as they seem to have done! 🙂 I'm so
sorry that I haven't been in touch with you Erika and Diana, I lost
your addresses unfortunately. Hopefully we'll get the chance to make
up for it soon :).

I started the Onedin Line unofficial website in 2001, and as Diana
mentioned in another thread it was closed down by BT in September
2002. There was no problem with the site as such, it was just that we
had exceeded the hours permitted for internet usage under our
contract (a lesson in why you should always read the small print :/)
and as a result the contract was terminated, leading to the website
being removed. I've since registered with another service provider,
but for many reasons have been extremely busy in recent months and
haven't had the time to reinstate the site as I would have liked. I
have to apologise to all the people I've lost touch with –
unfortunately several of your e-mail addresses were listed in the
addressbook for my old account which I no longer have access to, so
there was no way to get back in touch. 🙁 It's great to see some
familiar names on this messageboard – hi in particular to Erika,
Diana and Fiona! I'm sure I've been in touch with others here before,
maybe under different names. Hopefully the site will be appearing
back online soon, so I'll keep you all posted as to what's happening.

While I'm here, I'd like to thank the people in charge of the
messageboard and the section on TV Tome for this great resource for
all us Onedin fans. When I first began my site in 2001, it was as a
response to the almost total lack of detailed and accurate coverage
of the series on the internet (with the notable exception of
Patricia's website, sadly no longer updated I believe – I'm sure
someone can supply the URL for that?) It's fantastic to see that
there is a community of fans and a conscious effort to increase the
coverage of the series on the web.

Very best wishes to all the members here for a happy and prosperous
Christmas season and New Year!

Gem

P.S. Please feel free to get in touch with me at the address given
above or through the board if you want to chat, I'll be a frequent
visitor to this site! 🙂

— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, anne lay <drifting_sunn@y…>
wrote:

> Hello Erika,
>
> My name is Anne and I am from Australia. Like you I was about 13

or 14 when I first saw the Onedin Line and immediately fell in love
with the ships and the characters.

>
> I have the first 2 series on video but I believe no more have been

or will be released. Such a shame, the show had a big following here
too.

>
> I saw the whole series right through to the end but as it is such a

long time ago, I don't accurately remember all of it. I do know that
the ending was happy for some and sad for others. If you haven't
already found out how it ended I'd be happy to try and remember for
you.

>
> I was really pleased to find that this wonderful series had such a

big following and that fans can talk to each other about it. Nice to
meet you and hope to hear from you,

>
> Anne
>
> bastet1958 <erwinort@w…> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> I joined this group recently and I would like to introduce myself.
> My name is Erika and I live in the south of Germany. I have been an
> Onedin Line fan for over 30 years now. It has fascinated me from

the

> beginning, when I was a girl of 14, but even now, as a woman in her
> midforties, the series has the same thrill for me. I think it's the
> blend of fact and fiction, of adventure and romance, of good script
> and excellent acting which makes the series so outstanding and

unique.

> The first episode of the Onedin Line ever shown in Germany was
> broadcast by Bavarian television on Oct. 25th, 1972.I still

remember

> it well; we only had a black-and-white screen then. In Germany, the
> Onedin Line ran on the regional channels, not the federal ones.

This

> meant that there was only little information about it in the
> magazines. I collected every litle scrap I could find, but all in

all

> it was not much. So I was delighted when finally, nearly 30 years
> after its start, I found information on my favourite series in the
> internet! In fact, I've learned more about the Onedin Line in the
> past 3 years than in the 25 years before!
> In 2001, I discovered the "inofficial website of the Onedin Line".

I

> thought it was excellent and contacted its creator, a young

Cambridge

> student. We exchanged several e-mails, and the young lady was very
> kind and knowledgeable. Then suddenly, in Oct. 2002, the site
> vanished from the web. I tried to contact her by e-mail and even by
> letter, but got no replies. Does anyone know what has happened to

the

> website or to the girl who created it?
> I haven't seen the whole of the Onedin Line. The last thing I
> remember was that both Letty and Charlotte were pregnant. So if
> somebody could give me a rough outline how the story continued to

its

> very end, I would be most grateful.
> Now I am looking forward to Dec 21st, when the German channel NDR

3

> will start series 1 of the Onedin Line. They have planned to show
> only the first 6 episodes. I hope this is a test, just to see if

the

> series still appeals to the public, and more will follow in the
> future.
> So much for today,
> hoping to hear from many members of this group,
> Erika
>
>
>
>
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