Ron Goodwin

[…] tremendously interested in football or art or whatever. I was tremendously interested in the theoretical side of music, really. And then we formed a dance band at the Pinn county grammar. And we used to go out doing gigs, you know, very poorly paid gig, sort of seven and six a night, you know, and […]

David Robson

[…]ms at all. And that particular film 'Fire over England' was the first one which was really successful. Although she'd done I think, I thought it was 'Dance Pretty Lady' at Welwyn, but somebody's put me right and said no it wasn't, that wasn't the first film. But she did do a film there apparently, a[…]

Jill Balcon (Day-Lewis)

[…]exact about how small but very small, I was taken to Gainsborough Studios in Islington, where I went onto the film set and saw, I think it was a Pash dance ( ?), I can't remember even what the film was, but I was aware of a film set. And, and also, I think, Roy Fowler  3:31  […]

Vivienne Collins

[…] in fact have children.What are the immediate symptoms?Well it, they, it was... You got aphasic movements, it was what they used to call Saint Vitus’ Dance.[25:06]AL: Yes, twitching.You, you would, you couldn’t control your limbs and eventually you would havebrain deterioration and, and go in to dem[…]

Aida Young (nee Cohen)

[…]l the dust and everything, and a new one. The new one was, I remember now, Lily, called the Lily Mill and it was quite splendid and they used to have dances every Sunday for their employees, and it was magnificent.  It was like a palace.  But I still needed a really nasty cotton mill, and […]

Emmanuel (Manny) Yospa

[…]eventually we sort of came to an agreement.Charles Drazin: A compromise.Manny Yospa: Compromise.Charles Drazin: Yes.Manny Yospa: Yes it was a sort of dance! [Chuckles] But nowadays I think it's a bit more vicious, they mean it.Charles Drazin: Yes I think things have changed enormously.Manny Yospa: O[…]

Christine Collins

INTERVIEWEE: INTERVIEWER: INTERVIEW NO: DURATION:CHRISTINE COLLINS BRIAN LANGLEY3451:19:16COPYRIGHT: No use may be made of any interview material without the permission of the BECTU History Project (http://www.historyproject.org.uk/). Copyright of interview material is vested in the BECTU History Pr[…]
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