Start with a passion …

In 1963 Ian Goodall, a 15-year-old pupil at Buckhaven High School in Fife, bought his first camera. The camera, a Kodak Instamatic 100, was one of the first cameras to use a film cartridge (ie not a 35mm cassette). No fiddling with loading film; just drop in a new 126 Kodachrome slide film cartridge and off you go. To Paris Ian went, on a school trip. One film later, after some invaluable advice from his mother Moira, there were 20 perfectly exposed (and not too badly composed) square-format colour slides. Ian’s passion for photography had begun …

Publish digital delights …

Ian’s favourite camera, his first SLR, was an affordable entry-level Olympus OM-10 bought in 1979. Fully automatic or manual (via an adaptor) the Olympus, using slide film, brought together everything that’s great about the best in technology but which also delivers for its user. The next ‘photography’ product to achieve this status was Apple’s iPhone. Like digital, slide film allowed pictures to be projected onto a screen and these were rarely ever seen in print. Ian’s passion for printing his photographs began in 2015 with a North Berwick calendar to be followed in 2016 with “From North Berwick with love”, a ‘then and now’ book bringing together today’s digital photographs with vintage postcards.

Back to the future …

Simple really. Print great pictures and hang them in a prominent position on a wall. Let everybody see, enjoy and appreciate the pictures every day. Add extra interest and anticipation by changing them monthly. Add a planner/diary and record the future. Remember the good times and the past through memories triggered by seeing vintage ‘holiday’ postcards on a ‘big screen’. Nostalgia Calendars, the company, launched in 2021, with a passion for creating a vision for everyone to enjoy. History in the making; simply the best …

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North Berwick calendars we produced on the journey creating Nostalgia Calendars …