John Allen

[…] Canadian battery a Canadian regiment again they were very generous. The Canadians they obviously all were equipped and supplied much better than the British Army. They had plenty of cigarettes and plenty of booze and all this sort of thing which they shared with the studio quite happily. And then w[…]

Daphne Shadwell

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Tom Peacock

[…]ah sure, why not?Tom Peacock: So I would go. Now when I start reminiscing I get mixed up with Shepperton, Pinewood, Denham, Riverside Studio, Gaumont-British, Fox in Wembley, all the studios that I worked in you see. When they were busy I would nip in - MGM, and all that you see. But there was 'Cleo[…]

A A (Tubby) Englander

[…] say I started off at Stoll's as a clapper boy and progressed to first assistant. I left Stoll's after about 12 months and went to Gaumont's, Gaumont British at Lime Grove. I was there at Lime Grove until the sort of crash came, the general film industry crash in 1936, when we were all - these days […]

Neville Wortman

British Entertainment History Project INTERVIEW NO.712 INTERVIEWEE – NEVILLE WORTMANINTERVIEWER – DARROL BLAKE Transcriber – Linda Hall-Shaw NEVILLE WORTMAN:  I am Neville Wortman.  I was born on the 28th March 1932 in London.DARROL BLAKE:  And what sort of family […]

Taylor Downing

[…]w: David Sharp Murray Weston: This is Friday 21st April, 2017 and this is interview number 699, with Taylor Downing and the recording is for the British Entertainment History Project. Hello Taylor. Taylor Downing: Welcome. MW: Thank you very much for having us here today. With all of […]
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