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[…] it up. I thought, this is just awful. And I suddenly realised I had an hour or two hours to write a piece of The Guardian, which would seal my fate, best of my life helped golf. So I thought there was only one thing I can do. And that's right, funny peasy. And I wrote a funny piece about all the po[…]
[…]ain extent. I left school when I was fifteen, as soon as I could [laughs] I left school, get rid of that, and I swore I would never say they were the best years of your life, which everyonesaid you would do, but I haven’t up to now.May I interrupt for a moment? You tell us you were born in 1941 […]
[…]an Lawson 0:07 the copyright of this recording is vested in the back to history project. Noreen Ackland feature film editor, wife of Dick best an editor on file number eight. Interviewer Alan Lawson, recorded on the 16th of June 1994. Side onewell, knowing first, when and where were you […]
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[…] certainly at the beginning, maybe right the way through until MGM were built, that had Western Electric. Which of course we thought no doubt was the best sound system there was. And there we had finished 'Wolves' at the Rock Studio, and we started with 'The Loves of Robert Burns' with a Scottish op[…]
