[…]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 […]
[…] of Dean and I said what's he doing. He's with Baird Television, he's looking for somebody for some p hotographic […]
[…]p of the processing machine.Alan Lawson: That was me! [Laughing]Cyril Pennington-Richards: Was it?Alan Lawson: Yes! Not Vintens it was Baird.Cyril Pennington-Richards: Yes well Vinten had one.Alan Lawson: No they didn't, no, no.Cyril Pennington-Richards: Didn't they?Ala[…]
[…] Pennington-Richards: Was it? Alan Lawson: Yes! Not Vintens it was Baird. Cyril Pennington-Richards: Yes well Vinten had one. Alan Lawson: […]
[…]eramen in India and Burma afterwards. So, at least my bit of the war did some good for somebody.Bryan Langley: BECTU Interview Part 4A sighting of Mr Baird and working at BBC studios in the late '50s 1. Baird, the inventor of televisionAnd at the corner of Manet Street, before it became [uninte[…]
[…] Palace which had been spared the fire, was the Logie Baird bit at the end. Alan Lawson: Old man Baird's […]
[…] 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,[…]
