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[…]ters, and that was - that is a pain that I have not yet got over. But relating to that, when I was fifteen I was evacuated because the war had just started, and school was a total mess. And so I left in time to be home for the Blitz. I wanted to go into the theatre, into the theatre - which was The […]
[…]ject. The subject is Donald Wilson, interviewed by Linda Wood 12th of July 1991. File 205. Side one. Linda Wood 0:21It's okay for you to start. Right. When and where were you born ? Donald Wilson 0:25I was born in Dunblane in Perthshire In 1910, it's quite a long time ago[…]
[…] veterans, the interviewer is Derek Threadgall. And the camera man, Steve booksmith. Look good so far. Okay. And we were put in here is three times started 3pm. Okay. Okay, right. So now we'll go to you Howard where we, where we start again, Howard will, will give an intro to himself, introduce your[…]
[…] BEHP Secretary, sue.malden@btinternet.com.Simon Rose 0:09 Simon Yes. Hello.Ian Noah 0:12 I wondered whether we could start the interview by you confirming your name and giving me details about you.Simon Rose 0:22 Yes. Simon rose Date of Birth second, the th[…]
[…]bsp;The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT history project we're interviewing Francis Cockburn I spell the name C O C K B U R N, who started life in the film industry as an editor became a producer and finally information officer interviewer is Margaret Thompson the date is the 16th o[…]
[…]ee years and I thought that wasn’t bad and I didn’t know what to do so I took a … I went to University college to do law on a sort of, almost like a part-time basis, I used to work in the mornings and go to college in the afternoons and evenings and eventually did a law degree. NS Sorry, you us[…]
[…]d Kingston-Upon-Thames. My Dad was a toolmaker, who’s now retired, and my Mum did all sort of jobs to fit in and around myself and my brother, who’s Martin, who’s seven years older than me, so she worked as a playground minder at a school. But by and large she was a part-time copy typist for a milk,[…]
[…]shire but I don’t think the Welsh would agree.AL What about schooling?GH I went to all the normal…well the war years came along. When the war started in 1939 we were in Eastbourne and then we got evacuated back to Wales in fact, where I passed my 11+ and then by this time it was about 1942 or […]
