OWPG: Media News Bulletin Summer 2018 | Page 16

G uild vice-president Roly Smith has been involved in a number of filming and mixed media programmes recently, speaking on his ‘specialist subject’ – the Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout in 1932. The first was a 13-minute video entitled ‘Mass Trespass’ produced by Well Red Films of Sheffield, which had 1,000 hits on Vimeo in 72 hours, and is now well over 2,000. Actress Maxine Peake described the film as “a must see.” Then, with other Sheffield ramblers, he was out on Kinder filming with Michael Portillo for a forthcoming programme in his forthcoming Great British Railway Journeys series, and finally, he was interviewed for the popular San Francisco-based podcast 99% Invisible, during which he was actually persuaded to sing the chorus of ‘The Manchester Rambler’! Apart from his media work, Roly has just completed his latest book – Wonders of the Peak: Then and Now – in partnership with photographer Chris Gilbert and a foreword by the Duke of Devonshire. It will be published later this month by Byway Publications. Roly Tresp Image Roly (second right) with Michael Portillo and other Sheffield ramblers on The Nab at Edale, Grindslow Knoll in the background. Inset: cover of Roly’s new book