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Sad news, ladies and gentlemen: The Toronto Star Archives is no longer available through the Proquest Archiver. :(

Information on mentioned resource for The Toronto Star Archives reads the following since today:

This service is no longer available. To access the Toronto Star Archives, please visit https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/det ... &R=EDB0196. Please note that you will need a library card. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/search.html

Through the years, the Toronto Star Archives exactly through Proqest Archiver has greatly assisted in researching the creative works of Patrick Macnee and other actors of the TA/TNA series.

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Now, like the case of Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, you need a library card to use Toronto Star Archives - there is no more public pay access for everyone to it.
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More, CBC Still Archives is no longer available for free access.

https://stillphoto.cbc.ca/contact.jspx

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CBC Still Archives keep many rare images with Patrick Macnee.

Two from this collection (through Google Images):

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I noticed it a while ago. It's a pity because you could access many photos of young Patrick Macnee from his years in Canda. Now I'm glad I made a few screencaps.
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ischtar wrote:I noticed it a while ago. It's a pity because you could access many photos of young Patrick Macnee from his years in Canda. Now I'm glad I made a few screencaps.
Unfortunately, I have not saved any one photo with Patrick from this archive, :( strangely enough, but recently I saw that there is a lot from it (maybe even full collection) on Facebook. :wink:
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Sadly to report, Dandy Forsdyke's Avengers Photobucket art gallery is closed now and there is no Internet archive for it. :(
It still worked in April.

Current message on Photobucket, where was Dandy Forsdyke's art gallery is following:

Name Error: The domain name does not exist.

http://s1124.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... y/Avengers

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However, there is still the opportunity to enjoy the old creativity of Dandy on the blog Daub & Blot – Avengers Art by Internet Archive.

http://web.archive.org/web/201102251517 ... .webs.com/
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Denis, photobucket just got rid of that beta domain, the library is still there at http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/dandy ... e/library/
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Great to hear! :D Thanks for the information, Piers.
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Sadly to report, Joanna Lumley: The Ultimate Fan Site (last update: November 18, 2001) is closed. :(

Current message on Hosting of this website is following:

From 16th July we'll no longer offer Webspace, and we'll be shutting down our Webspace platform by the 10th August.
If you are the owner of this Webspace and want your content to remain on the web after this date, you'll need to move it to a new platform.


http://web.onetel.net.uk/~eddienorris/Joanna/

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However, there is still the opportunity to enjoy this website through Internet Archive.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170725095 ... is/Joanna/
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Sadly to report, The Nice Rooms website (where Alan Hayes of The Avengers Declassified was interviewed by Gary Radice - topic "Avengers book") was closed on November 1, 2018. :(

Current message on the website is following:

The Nice Rooms Webzine has closed its doors for the very last time. Thank you to everyone who helped provide information, interviews and support over the last five and a bit years of its wonderful life.

https://www.thenicerooms.com/

http://www.declassified.hiddentigerbook ... y_2014.htm

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However, there is the opportunity to enjoy this interview with Alan through Internet Archive. :wink:

https://web.archive.org/web/20170830042 ... om/room-13
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Yahoo planning shutting down Yahoo groups today.

Yahoo Groups: "All requests to download data that are submitted before 11:59 PM PT on Jan 31, 2020".

Yahoo was one of the first bases for hosting various groups, including those associated with The Avengers/TNA and their actors.

http://www.declassified.hiddentigerbook ... _index.htm
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