[…]ing to arrange themselves around the table so they didn't have to sit near Ian, who specialized in old, dirty, shiny clothes. And of course, for him, ACTT really at that time, and subsequently, it was a was a wonderful sort of gravy, literally, a real gravy train. He I'm told that he wasn't particul[…]
[…] then became so Luke Crawley, who went on to become AGS [Assistant General Secretary] here, Sue Harris who came on to work for the NUJ and for BECTU, ACTT and Beta. B Brian who stayed as a regular member, a woman called Carrie Bates who went on to work for another union. Julie Lawrence, who now[…]
The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. Alf Cooper, lab technician, interviewed by Len Runkels on October the twenty-third 1988. Side one.How old were, how old are you Alfred?I’ll be, I was seventy-six in September this year. I was born in twelve.1912?September Twelve.[…]
[…]rominent role in the thing. And foolishly, or bravely, or foolhardy, I certainly became a key figure in the strike, no doubt. Seen by the ACTT as this…this is the unacceptable face of ITV, no question about it. And I was…I dug in…I dug in very hard. I felt we were being taken[…]
Roy Fowler, initiator of the ACTT (now BECTU) History Project, looks back “He’s film barmy!” Thus would my bemused Mum […]
Copyright ACTT History Project, Bill Mason, film director, film producer, recorded on 4th October 1987, interviewer Alan LawsonAL: Where were you born.BM: I was born in Edgebaston, which is the snob part of Birmingham on 9th November 1915 .AL : What kind of schooling did you receive.BM: I went to on[…]
[…]on This Week but couldn’t take it up until Rediffusion/Thames handover complete. “But before I could start work there was a strike”. Alan Sapper from ACTT rang to say “We want you to be Director for our Strike Camera Unit” made up of striking Thames crew. I went down to Kingsway: “The first person t[…]
[…]ory Project (http://www.historyproject.org.uk/). Copyright of interview material is vested in the British Entertainment History Project (formerly the ACTT History Project) and the right to publish some excerpts may not be allowed.CITATION: Women’s Work in British Film and Television, Daphne Sha[…]
