15 February 2005 BBC Essex Radio, Chelmsford, "Tea at Three"
with Ultralab's Dr. Stan Owers and the BBC's Liz Mullen

15 years at Ultralab, BBC Essex Radio celebrates a very special volunteer!

Dr. Stan Owers, Ultralab's Industrialist in Residence was the special 'Tea at Three' guest on 'The Steve Scruton Show', hosted by weekend presenter Liz Mullen. Dr Stan Owers retired for the second time after 15 years of full time volunteering at Ultralab, the worlds leading and largest learning, technology and research centre based at Anglia Polytechnic University (APU) in Chelmsford, Essex.

Ultralab have been longstanding friends of BBC Essex Radio and this time last year was involved in the Pirate BBC Essex Radio Project, which Ultralab assisted with the text and web technology. (Stephen Heppell , Jonathan Furness , Tim Ellis , Matthew Eaves, Alex Blanc etc etc...)

Ultralab Founder, Professor Stephen Heppell advises the Essex audience from time to time with technical solutions to computer difficulties on the Steve Scruton Show.

'Tea at Three' is a half hour section of his show which Steve has tea, live on air in the company of a local Essex person who has done something special our outstanding for the Local community.

103.5 & 95.3 FM - BBC Essex	Dr. Stan Owers arrives at BBC Essex	Dr. Stan holds up an Ultraversity flyer
Dr. Stan prepares to enter	Dr. Stan Owers in Studio 2	Dr. Stan Owers on air at BBC Essex
Dr. Stan Owers on air at BBC Essex	With BBC Essex's Liz Mullen	Dr. Stan has left the building....

We all know Ultralab's Stan is both special, and outstanding. As part of our Stan's second retirement, I requested Stan to be featured on 'Tea at Three' as an ideal guest. Stan has been an unpaid volunteer at Ultralab since his first retirement from Industry, over 15 years ago.

Sadly Steve was unable to host the show, but stand in presenter Liz Mullen did a fantastic job interviewing Stan. Liz presents the Saturday morning show on the station, and has been with the station for some 20 years.

Dr. Stan Owers was the guest on Tuesday 15th February between 3pm - 3.30pm.

Stan spoke about his career, from Fords right through to Ultralab, and how he's now researching his family tree with his dear wife Mary.

Steve requested Stan bring his favorite song, to be played on air during the 30 minute interview. Stan brought along a piece of Jazz music which he enjoys, and was pleasantly surprised to find Liz a fan of Jazz music.

Stan has given so much to Ultralab, and the wider community, his feature on BBC Essex shared locally with our community the achievements Stan has made for industry and education.

People everywhere listened live from all over the world via the Internet, and also on 103.5 and 95.3 FM in Essex. The show has over 100,000 listeners.

Matthew Eaves of Ultralab watched the show from the observation production unit, and took the photographs.

Control Click (Right Click on a PC) and Download the MP3 file to Listen to the Stan Owers 'Tea at Three' Radio Show (thanks to Mark Constable)

Control Click (Right Click on a PC) and Download the Movie of webcamera images (thanks to Professor Stephen Heppell)

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Created: Tuesday 15 February 2005