Dicky Leeman

[…] principally by her sister Viola, who was a sort of Charlotte Greenwood type of lady, who would be in musicals doing the sort of Charlotte Greenwood parts. And one of the students in my time was a lovely lady called Connie Stevens, who eventually became - she was found and discovered by Stanley Lupi[…]

John Ammonds

[…]: M4And what is Greenslade. Only the announcer is the guide I was going to use Dick Emery actually I got onto Dick and I said look I want one of the parts in these sketches I'm doing his illustrations of how to watch television the best way of doing things you see and he couldn't do it so I use Kenn[…]

Alice (Queenie) Turner

[…]d you know John Lucas?Yes I knew, and I also knew his brother Jack, because Jack Lucas worked at Pathé House.Oh did he?And he, yes he used to work on documentaries.Oh.And then he worked on, and then the commercials started coming in for television. SoJack used to say ‘Queenie, can you get my commerc[…]

Fred Tomlin

BECTU History Project - Interview No. 169 [Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: 2003-05-01Interview Date: 1990-11-29Interviewer: Bob AllenInterviewee: Fred TomlinTape 1, Side 1 Bob Allen: This is an interview with Fred Tomlin, boom operator, and the date is the 29th November 1990, so we'll […]

Kenneth Griffith

[…]nd of mine, I'm glad to say, Evelyn Ward, a remarkable woman and a very fine teacher. And when we studied Shakespeare in the school, she gave us the parts to read. And it was quite clear ... I did do one thing at school better than anyone else and that was drawing. I could draw better than anyone el[…]
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