©Matthew Andrews
Paul St George
1976-79
When I first set up this blog, someone called Paul St George contacted me, this is his story...
Some years ago an artist by the name of Paul St George happened upon a
packet of dusty papers in a trunk in his grandmother’s attic. On
further inspection he discovered that they had been the property of his
great-grandfather, an eccentric Victorian engineer, Alexander Stanhope
St George.
Paul began to read through the papers and discovered a veritable
treasure trove: diaries, diagrams, correspondence, scribbled
calculations, and even one or two photographs. At first, Paul felt a
detached interest in this first hand account of social and cultural
history. But as he read on, he became more and more absorbed, until,
with a sudden thrill, he realised that these papers could have a greater
significance than was at first apparent.
The notebooks were full of intricate drawings and passages of
writing describing a strange machine. This device looked like an
enormous telescope with a strange bee-hive shaped cowl at one end
containing a complex configuration of mirrors and lenses. Alexander
seemed to be suggesting that this invention, which he called a
Telectroscope, would act as a visual amplifier, allowing people to see
through a tunnel of immense length… a tunnel, the drawings implied,
stretching from one side of the world to the other.
Thanks for sending these through Claire. It's nice to see Morrissey included in your poets, as I remember seeing him and The Smiths at Chippenham's Goldiggers in 85. I still cherish the programme.
