[…]y his sights were set on an academic library career and he regarded this as a useful, kind of, period of experience, so he applied for the job at the City University and he got the job. And he was going to take up the appointment fairly quickly after I returned from maternity leave. So, […]
[…]ne in a duel. And he was the fencing Master at Woolwich, that the unit at the Woolich Academy, which was for gunners, and so that's how he earned his living when he came over to this country. And the, the family was then sort of either army or engineering very weirdly. And all my uncle's were really[…]
[…]ere was no them and us and it was just like a family. I mean it was just terrific and the quality of the films was wonderful. We used the best designers, the best technicians, it was just wonderful. I’m… you know if anybody ever sneers at Hammer, and when I think of the rubbish tha[…]
[…]ing up to Uxbridge and on the bus. And the amazing thing was that I can't remember the fares, but there was always some change on your own, but I was living at home. So I had the support of the family. But I do remember one occasion when a 10 pound note, I dropped on the platform, and I think it was[…]
[…] Halliwell says you were born in Germany, but I gather that's quite wrong.Bernard Vorhaus: Yes that's quite wrong! I was born in America, in New York City, on December 25th 1904, in the typical little brownstone, of which there were many rows at that time. I went to school in New York and then to un[…]
[…]u tell us about your early life – where you were born and who your parents were and where you went to school?Yes, I was born in London, the city of London. My parents were both Cockneys as well as I. I went to school until I was ten locally and then was evacuated to Australia, where Iwent […]
