Search Results for: Alf Cooper

[…]ped into the Odeon, and the film showing there was Odd Man Out. And that was a total milestone. I had been depressed for not more than an hour and a half, and I came out of that cinema and I knew what I wanted to do.John Legard: How old were you then?Rodney Giesler: I was about 16. Suddenly I was so[…]

[…]ton Sisters. But there were also a lot of people from films. The big star who was just finishing then was Henry Edwards, he was entirely film, Betty Balfour and people like that were entirely film.RF: And they'd come up through film had they?VG: I should imagine so.RF: Any further memories of BIP.VG[…]

[…] - the editor, assistant editor or...Jim Connock : I remember Bob Wilson, yes.Kitty Wood : But you remember Bob Wilson.Jim Connock : Yes.Kitty Wood : Alf says that he's died, but um, he went to the BBC at some point.Jim Connock : That's right.Kitty Wood : Now he was really terribly helpful to me bec[…]

[…]d Chase and tried to persuade John to join him; George Newton; he stayed out during the lock-out in 1954 as he was an active union member; Ray Sharp; Alf Cooper; he went to join Colour Film Services; his son turned 15 and joined nautical college; Roland Chase; mentions Kodachrome films [Down the Roa[…]

[…]ing a bus for London Transport); PO met John Brakespeare during physiotherapy sessions who told him to apply for Technicolor; PO started working with Alf Cooper in the transfer department; he took an active role in the union – Ray Sharp was the convenor and PO was initially his assistant; PO became […]

[…]se programmes. I mean the cheek of it, I hadn’t got any training or anything. You had to write the scripts, the links for it, and I met Jean Metcalfe there, they were the announcers: there was Jean Metcalfe, Sheila Stewart – who was on there with Sheila?JPH: Barbara McFadyean.DS: Yes,[…]