David Watkin (DW)Director of PhotographyBECTU No. 320Interviewer: Alan Lawson (AL) and John Legard (JL)Date 03/03/19943 Tapes Side 100:00:00 – 00:12:00 Introductions; born in Margate, 1925; father was a solicitor for Southern Rail; lived in Margate until the war; as a child DW would got to the […]
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