[…]o go and see dear old AGD West who'd been head of the sound department at Ealing who'd also fallen fowl of Dean and I said what's he doing. He's with Baird Television, he's looking for somebody for some photographic process they're into. I went to see West and he greeted me like a long lost brother […]
[…]he didn't believe in it. Furthermore, he thought it wasn't properly developed. And to certain extent, he was right in as much as everyone thought the Baird system is going to work and of course it clearly was not going to work it was going to be an electronic system and not a mechanical system. And […]
[…]e I thought I must get another job as quickly as possible. So my father being in the City, had a few contacts, and so on, and one of his contacts was Baird, John Logie Baird. You see the reason being that the Baird Company was just in the throes of floating a company. That's another story. The early[…]
[…] of Dean and I said what's he doing. He's with Baird Television, he's looking for somebody for some p hotographic […]
[…] hospital nurse, that's all I remember.[Laughter]John P Hamilton With a yellow face!Roy Fowler: Was it - I wonder - was it the experimental Baird system? Which is why you had to move to it?Joan Kemp-Welch: Yes, I think it was. I suppose it was.John P Hamilton Yes it was, yes, bec[…]
[…] Palace which had been spared the fire, was the Logie Baird bit at the end. Alan Lawson: Old man Baird's […]
[…] Was it - I wonder - was it the experimental Baird system? Which is why you had to move to […]
[…] he said, "I want you to go out and get a job." So the first place I went to, was the bit of the Palace which had been spared the fire, was the Logie Baird bit at the end.Alan Lawson: Old man Baird's bit.David Robson: So they were doing some research work and making television sets there, I thought,[…]
[…] my time, and people like Sydney Stone and Greeve Del Strother had been trained there. So, I went down there and I was introduced to Teddy Baird. And Teddy Baird introduced me to other people. And that's the way I was able to look around and see what was going on with Conrad Ve[…]
