[…]job but they just called it secretary and it was a very good job. And I started working as a kind of secretary to, you remember Earl St John? Well, before he went to Paramount, before the theatre was built, he was the exploitation manager then, and he used to travel round a bit but there was also a […]
[…] where he became Chief projectionist at Theatre Three, and later for many years was the Chief of Theatre Seven. SUMMARY: […]
[…] have? • Did you get any special schooling or training for later life? [interest in radio sparked] • Did you […]
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[…]hout the 70s, the department expanded until I can remember in 1978, I think it was about then, and I just begun Empire road. David hare won the BAFTA Award for licking Hitler. Gangsters was our series. Alan Bleasdale had just done the first black stuff, film. And this all went out in one sees. So I […]
[…]e [laughs] you see!Jim Shields: [Laughing] Yes, yes.Peter Stroud: So I was beginning to get a bit fed up with it, so I started walking around looking for jobs and I finally landed myself with an interview at the Gaumont, Camden Town. Where they had 'Clover Leaves' it was a really super show you know[…]