[…]ars. And my great great grandfather came to this country beginning of a century. And actually, my forefathers were mostly conductors. They came to London and conducted, I think, Ferdinand Hillier at 1890 something at Alberto, and then he went to Birmingham. And they all loved this country. They kept[…]
[…]d omits some repetition. DS 2021]Val Guest = VG; Roy Fowler = RFSIDE 1, TAPE 1RF: Let us start with when and where you were born.VG: I was born in London in Maida Vale, a long time ago.RF: Are you going to be more specific than that.VG: I was born 1911. December 11.RF: Did you parents have any conne[…]
[…]date is the 18th of April, 1989 right. Here we go, Keith, first things first. Usually ask when and where one was born,Keith Ewart  0:15  London, 10th of June, 1926Roy Fowler  0:20  Chiswick in Chiswick with four, right? Your early activities weren't in what we call this business.[…]
[…]D Musical Director at the Putney Hippodrome at that time, so that’s why I was born in that area. But shortly after that, I think he was – I don’t know whetherDaphne Shadwell Page 2he was sacked or it was preference, I have no idea – he went to Brighton as Musical Direct[…]
BECTU History Project Interview with Philip Donnellan – documentary, writer, producerInterview Date(s): 28 & 29 June 1991Interview number: 206Interviewer: Colin MoffatSide 1Colin Moffat: The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. Philip Donnellan: television doc[…]
[…]his period such as you know Citizen Kane.SPEAKER: M14No not not like Citizen Kane which I certainly didn't see at that stage much later I saw that. I don't know that there was anything particularly seminal.SPEAKER: M2I think there were certain aspects of British cinema which got to me and which neve[…]
[…] worked in the studios and some of the camera people and the technicians directors you worked with. CB: YesI: your memories of that timeCB: RightI: I don’t know if you’ve covered them previously, but anyway let’s say startCB: Not really.... Not... I go back to 1927I: RightCB: That’s when I started i[…]
[…]tarted way back in 19, I suppose 1908. And my father was at a very, very young age at the age of about 23. He was already a very known, well known London photographer. Ronald Neame  1:02  He had studios in Bonn Street. And in South Kensington, he had quite a good commercial […]
[…]lly went to Grammar School for Girls, and I was in the kindergarten Oh, yes, I started school like that. And the girl yeah, I started kindergarten, I don't think I learned anything. And then I was taken away, I went to a private school called King school Harrow which eventually turned out to be my p[…]
[…]or 11 went to that school?I've run still of school. Yeah. Well, your uncle, what was he interested in photography? I think this was only handed on. I don't think he was actually interested. It was sort of some neighbour who died and left a lot of stuff, like development issues, printing out frames, […]
