Michael Houldey

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Peter de Normanville

[…], in a sense by the invention of X ray crystallography, we got the Nobel Prize in 1922. I think no he didn't earlier because he was actually in the 14-18 War at the war when he heard he got the prize as a very young man. I hope my history is correct. I think it is. No matter. He was very old man. By[…]

Barry Cryer

[…] an out of work stand up. We didn't call it that. Then you were a turn or an act and everything. But I got down some jokes of friends and Anna qualia actress as a friend. And there was a reviewer so well known out the fortune search and I wrote a couple of sketches that Anna did. One night done in a[…]

Gerald Chambers

[…]  38:01  In fact,John P Hamilton  38:03  while it may I interject here because I will live through it we will recovering from the 1956 redundancy. The first massive redundancy after the all the initial losses, the DI d v suffered particularly Rediffusion as one of the flagship co[…]

Alexander Faris

[…]ARISComposer/conductorInterviewed by Teddy Darvas, with Alan Lawson recorded 21 February 1994Copyright of the recording invested in the BECTU History - ProjectSIDE 1, TAPE 1.TD: Can you tell us where you were born, your education, your youth and now you came into musicAlexander Faris: I was born in […]

Charles Bennett

[…]s whatever, no. But my mother, you see, had been... she was a very clever artist. I'll show you later something of hers. But she also wanted to be an actress and that's how she lost her money: backing plays to put herself in them, and the plays flopped, you see, and that kind of thing - terrible! An[…]

Peter Williams

[…]at SWALE MEDIA ARTS CENTRE, SITTINGBOUNE KENT on 03 November 2021 Commenced 12.30pm; total duration 2h 47m PART 1TDF 14646_01  (RE-START AT 03’40” FOLLOWING INTERRUPTION)Slate 1/2    03’42”MS: Peter can we begin by finding out your full name, date of birt[…]

Dennis Kimbley

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Margaret Dale

[…]t kind of schooling did you do?MD: I went to school very early, I think you would call it elementary school in those days.It was a little local school-I think I was only four. There were no kindergartens in those days. I think the age was supposed to be five-you were supposed to go when you were fiv[…]

Gordon Hales

[…]55  Oh, they were real. Yes, they were. Absolutely. Picard, the squadron leader who focused on one plane. He subsequently was killed. He was the actress had an a Pickard's brotheranother big undertaking was a film for which Edward G Robinson acted in about RAF training I can't. Directed by John[…]
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