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[…]days. I mean, tanks have a lot of radio in them. And this was done. And they were all ready to do something practical when Mountbatten arrived as the commander in chief and turned them into jungle infantry. So once again, nobody knew what to do with me. So because I was not to go back from Middle Ea[…]
[…]nbsp;Dallas, when and where were you born?Dallas Bower 00:19Kensington Hall Gardens, London 1907.Alan Lawson 00:25Now what kind of schooling did you have?Dallas Bower 00:29First of all Barr Kindergarten, which was the Froebel Institute, hard by Kensington Hall&n[…]
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[…]s David James. David James, Archie James was a director of the Rank Organisation and a director of Ealing. And he was a very woof-woof little Ex-Wing Commander from the First World War of the Royal Flying Corps who'd emigrated to Kenya, raised a herd of red polls in Kenya, had the most smelling awfu[…]
[…]he 30sJohn Taylor: And touring a lot I supposeBill Cotton Jr: Yes, he was away on tour. That's by and large how bands operated. He did his fair share of broadcasts but by and large it was a theatre a week plus sometimes 2 Sunday concerts. They worked very hard in those days. One period I remember th[…]
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[…]en Murray (1912-1983) was an English actor remembered for his extensive work in radio plays and particularly for his role as ‘Number One’/ Lieutenant Commander Murray in The Navy Lark (1959-77).[115] ‘Cheap in August’ is an adaptation of Graham Greene’s short story of the same name, which appeared i[…]
