David wrote a lengthy script and recruited actor David Macey, who played Albert, The Man in The Man at The Clock, and has appeared in several full-length feature films, to narrate as Albert.

The recording took place at David’s dining room table using a Zoom sound recorder and Microphone acquired in 2015 by the Time Will Tell project, then used by Sharon at Oakwood Church to record the Nostalgia – Spoken History group.

David Macey was suffering from a terrible cold, but he generously appeared, persevered, and recorded the whole script in one evening.

When roughly assembled, David realised that the narrated script would be far too long for a mildly curious audience to sit through, so he decided to cut it short at the point where Roundhay Park is opened to the public, and he rounded it out with John Barran’s subsequent history and legacy. It lasts 20 minutes.

He left out the last 150 years, so an opportunity remains to produce a sequel, which would include gems such as Harry Houdini frying an egg halfway along a tightrope strung over the Upper Lake.

Using the Free version of DaVinci Resolve “the world’s only solution that combines editing, colour correction, visual effects, motion graphics and audio post production all in one software too,” David assembled open-source images and added titles to create ‘Nothing ever happens around here’.

He had never used DaVinci Resolve before. Three long days later, 48 hours before the 150^th Anniversary Event, the film was as good as David could achieve in the time available.

On the morning of Saturday, 16 July, OFA Members erected a Cinema Screen, Digital Projector, and Sound System, which proved too powerful for the Education room.

Audiences came throughout both days. Many expressed surprise during performances, most applauded at the end, and some sought further information and signposting sources of local knowledge.