Day two

We went into today with the hopes of finding some of the archives that Mr. Grocott mentioned yesterday, but we were unsuccessful at the Cory Library.
While we did not manage to get the photographs, we did find an interview done with Mr. Grocott and Mr. Debbie Richardson, who worked as a printer for 52 years. This may be useful for background information as well as archives for the actual piece.
The archives that we were told were at the Cory Library may be at the Albany museum, where there was an exhibition about the Grocott's Mail and the family history.
We then filmed at Grocott's mail, where we utilised not only the photographs, but also the some of the old equipment.
We also found the details of Syd Penny, who was the editor of the newspaper while Mr Grocott worked there. He could possibly be used for on camera interviews, as well as for research purposes.
Then , we went back to the house, where we found him and his wife, Anne, having tea after church. We shot the two of them together for the first time.
We then did another interview with Mr. Grocott, in a different room to the one we used yesterday. Our aim this time was to get him to speak about himself a bit more because he was a bit reluctant yesterday. He is described as being shy, so it make on camera interviews a bit of a challenge.
Today, however, he was far more comfortable, speaking openly about his wife and how they met, memories of Grahamstown and the family home that he lives in.
Anne, his wife was very receptive to the cameras and shared fond memories and anecdotes of her husband. We also gained more insight to her, finding out that she was a teacher, working in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown.
After that, we went around the house, finding photographs and interesting features.
When it was time for them to have lunch, we filmed some more of the two of them together, talking and sharing a meal together. This was a bit difficult because we felt as though we were encroaching on their space.
We left shortly after to do some exterior shots of their house because it is such a historically significant place.
The plan is to go and visit him once more, so that we can film him going to Grocott's Mail.
Along with filming him we also plan to visit the Albany museum to track down the archives.