Charles W Smith

[…] age of 8 to a boarding school at Warwick—quite a distinguished school in its way. I think it's the oldest in the country. It was founded I think in 946, by Edward the Confessor. But it's not an expensive or distinguished school, but very old. Warwick School. INTERVIEWER: Right. And after you l[…]

Margaret Thomson

[…]other died when I was five, my brother was three, two. And we were brought up by various aunts, both in New Zealand and in Australia. And when I was 14, my father found somewhere where we could live with him, and he could be looked after, medically, because he was still very ill. And he died three y[…]

Taylor Downing

[…]and it was about that time, it was about, that would have been the early part of 1982, that Jeremy Isaacs was appointed as the new Chief Executive of Channel 4 and announced they were looking for ideas, and Vicky and I were at an event together, sorry Vicky Wegg-Prosser and I were at an event togeth[…]

Erica Masters

[…]use there was absolutely no contact whatsoever with the rest of the world, Kuwait was entirely isolated. The only thing we did have was this terrible channel CNN and that channel, I think, did more to upset my wellbeing than anything else ever! [Chuckles] Because they gave our terrible news all hype[…]

Joan Kemp-Welch

[…]r the name, but yes, I'm sure you're right. It's a very confused script, it looks to me as though a great deal has been cut out, but I doubt that was Channel Four, I'm sure that was the releasing. But, what are your memories of the film and Wilfred Lawson, and times generally?Joan Kemp-Welch: W[…]

Charlotte Jennings

[…], when, when and where were you born?Charlotte Jennings  0:39   I was born in Blackheath, London in August of 1935.Alan Lawson  0:47  Now,did you have any schooling before you were evacuated?Charlotte Jennings  0:53  Not that I can really remember, although, obviou[…]

Hugh Stewart

[…]ded on the 23rd of November 1989, in his home. Interviewer John Legard. Side one. Hugh, when and where were you born?Hugh Stewart: I was born on the 14th of December, 1910 in Falmouth, Cornwall, and my parents had just come from New Zealand, where they'd been brought up. And they were married, and I[…]

James (Jimmy) Gilbert

[…]d just went straight up straight in and never came back so we had to abandon the whole thing, the carrier then, because we were going up and down the channel and this captain had to corne back and look for that wreckage of the piano in case it got confused with the wreckage of the aircraft they were[…]

Tom Peacock

[…]you do this? You know what the industry was like in them days. " BECTU History Project - Interview No. 39[Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: 2004-02-17Interview Date: 1988-06-15Interviewers: Roy Fowler and Sidney ColeInterviewee: Tom PeacockTape 1, Side 1Sidney Cole: Well it's nice to meet you[…]
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