Rodney Giesler

[…]they gave me a lot of help. Anyway, I wrote a syllabus for a new school subject which would be called Social Geography. All the Aid charities: Oxfam, Christian Aid, War on Want., were very supportive. I wrote out this programme and Jack took it up. I'd known Kenneth Thompson who was an ex Colonial O[…]

Dudley Lovell

[…]so boring that we weren't nearly honestly tempted to teach, it was very disappointing. Another thing I had to be careful of to these girls weren't my Christian name, and quite often, suddenly into the room would come up Scarlet tab, Brigadier carrying on an inspection course. And the first time I ha[…]

Sheila Collins

[…]ace?Oh, it was certainly first names in our – well, we spoke to those above us until one knew them well, quite formally. We were always called by our Christian names.Right. Do you remember any of the office politics of those days, was this the point at which John Davis was ascending?He was very much[…]

Jonathan Balcon

[…]inary picture for a Jewish person to buy. because it had the Christ figure in it, it was the resurrection. It was really the whole difference between Christianity and Judaism.  So that was different. Roy Fowler  42:00  And there are all sorts of dichotomies I think[…]

Jill Balcon (Day-Lewis)

[…]aughter of my brother, obviously Jewish, my sister-in-law, who was not, like my own children in other words half-Jewish but had been confirmed in the Christian church, mine were not confirmed but they were baptised in it, wore a crucifix and he just exploded. And after she'd gone, I know it was aski[…]

Teddy Darvas

[…] footballer called the Rev. Kenneth Hunt whose rather' - I have forgotten the word he used - 'robust style of play never seemed to interfere with his Christian beliefs.'John Legard: What a lovely statement, yes.Teddy Darvas: I am told that he also played for England once. He was an amazing[…]

Alexander Faris

[…]irector. Later that evening I knocked on the door of Russell Bennett's room, a few Martinis on the previous day's journey from New York had put us on Christian name terms. I said I won't keep you, I just popped in to say goodnight. He said, no, no, come in, take a seat. He was Sitting in an upright […]

Norman Spencer

[…]ko Kishi? That's ke IKOKISHI. But they always caught it kisi ke ko because the Japanese put the surname first and they wish it but her I mean her her Christian name if you can call that about Japanese was Keiko. I thoughtTeddy Darvis  16:03  that that wind cannot read came after summer mad[…]
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