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[…] Walthamstow. He entered the film industry as a page boy -highlight">-highlight">at the Gaumont-highlight">-British Studios -highlight">-highlight">at Lime Grove (Shepherd’s Bush) -highlight">-highlight">at […]
[…] trained as a Cameraman in the British Kinem-highlight">atograph Society’s course -highlight">-highlight">at the London Polytechnic, Regent Street, and then began -highlight">-highlight">at […]
[…]himself as a businessman, was he?LK: Well after some time, yes, but in timber. He loved Scotland, he couldn't understand why he spent all his time in -highlight">-highlight">-highlight">cities before th-highlight">-highlight">-highlight">at, he loved Scotland and he established a timber business in Scotland. But after the war, AMRA (?)[ii]used him as an expert in seeds […]
[…] your family anything to do with the business? Absolutely nothing -highlight">-highlight">at all. My mother told me th-highlight">at her mother-highlight">-in-highlight">-law used […]
[…]s provided in 2015 by the AHRC-highlight">-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-highlight">-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investig-highlight">-highlight">-highlight">ator, Leeds University) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-highlight">-Investig-highlight">-highlight">-highlight">ator, De Montfort University). BECTU History Project Interview no: N/K Interviewee: Moira Armstr[…]
[…]ur family life, where you were born, schooling and how you came into the film industry. AY: Well I was born in the East end of London, my f-highlight">-highlight">-highlight">ather was a w-highlight">-highlight">-highlight">atch maker, w-highlight">-highlight">-highlight">atch repairer and my mother was a put upon housewife. Looking back I would say she was a slave. There were four […]
BECTU History Project -highlight">- Interview No. 189 [Copyright BECTU]Transcription D-highlight">-highlight">-highlight">ate: 2002-highlight">-10-highlight">-30Interview D-highlight">-highlight">-highlight">ate: 1991-highlight">-03-highlight">-18Interviewers: Alan Lawson and Manny YospaInterviewee: Leonard HarrisTape 1, Side 1 Alan Lawson: When and where were you born?Leonard Harris: Well I was born here -highlight">- just up the[…]
