The Plymouth Polytechnic Satique Project, Salcombe and Plymouth - May 1986
Nosher gets given an assignment, along with a bunch of fellow students on B.A. Business Studies at Plymouth Polytechnic, to come up with a new drink and to market it (obviously, not for real or anything). Nosher's mate Trotsky is in the group, and we kick off by holding a meeting in someone's kitchen to decide upon flavours - one of the group has bought along a range of odd and exotic fishbait flavours, and we settle on satsuma as the main ingredient. Once that's decided, we drive over to Salcombe to do a "photo shoot" for the sales blurb that we've come up with. It's something along the lines of a story about some young, trendy things discovering the taste of "Satique" (Satsuma/mystique, geddit?). We also commandeer the bar of the James Street Vaults for a while (Nosher was a major regular there and could get such favours) to shoot the "in the bar" scenes. It looks like another of ours sales pitches might have been that "it's the drink to drink when you're driving".
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The scene is set as a fishing boat trundles up the river at Salcombe |
A Cokin "tobacco" filter is pressed in to service, for a "mood" shot of Salcombe harbour |
The storyboard unfolds: the "young things" are in town for some fun, and have just got off their yacht |
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There's a bit of disagreement about the storyboard |
At the top of the stairs |
Michelle Osbourne and Ruth Watson - pure 80s - stroll down the steps |
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A pub is sought out: it's the Ferry Inn, Salcombe |
Not a massively exciting photo, but I bet Palmers Beers aren't around any more |
Michelle and Ruth pile out of their Mini |
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The Mini steams around Salcombe |
After the photo shoot: Unknown, Ruth Watson, Michelle Osbourne, Russell Yeatman, Michael Bey, unknown and Dave "Trotsky" Mallett |
In the James Street Vaults: the "barman" offers a bottle of Satique |
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The landlady of the JSV looks on |
Our product. Nosher had made the labels using proper pre-press "photo mechanical transfer" in the print room of Fly, the student magazine |
Satique and a set of car keys |
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Do you want some Plymouth Gin in your fishbait-flavoured beverage? |
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A bottle of Satique looking so much nicer than everything else on the shelf |
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A final parting shot. you can just make out that a pint of beer was £1.05! | ||
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