[…] Project. The interviewer is Janet McBain and the date is 13 May 2017. OK, Robert, when and where were you born? R: I was born and brought up in Edinburgh. My Dad worked for Bank of Scotland and my Mum was a stay-at-home Mum. Although he was a banker, he was always interested in technology and […]
[…] alone before the war, but because of the women's intake from ex service, and as I had a Scottish Headmistress, she said I was far too individual for Edinburgh, because they had general classes of about 1000. You know, doing English or early stages, so she said I should get at St Andrews, which I di[…]
[…]ny people. And she did practically no television, and I had had her as a guest with Jimmy, because they’d done, Jimmy Galway they’d done something in Edinburgh, at the Festival together and she’s come and done some Ravel with him on one of his shows. And I said, I was talking to her and she said how[…]
[…]and I knew him before the film because and he used to come and see shows in Manchester and he used to come and see the ballet. And once when I was in Edinburgh, at the Edinburgh Festival, we’d done a ballet that I’d choreographed, and Gillian Lynne was in it and Paddy Stone and Irvin Davis and Beryl[…]
[…]note, you've reminded, you mentioned Denis Forman earlier, at that time I was at the BBC, Denis was still at the BFI and we did a programme about the Edinburgh Film Festival that particular year, it must have been 1954. I remember at Denis and I viewing most of the things that were shown and I do re[…]
[…] as they did do Geoff, can you grab a camera and go out to the Gambia for a fortnight, we want to do a little thing for the do. Thing for the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. I'd say, No, that's not my job. I want to become a feature camera man. I should never have deviated and done interesting littl[…]
[…] Jimmy, because they’d done, Jimmy Galway they’d done something in Edinburgh, at the Festival together and she’s come and done […]
[…] at the BFI and we did a programme about the Edinburgh Film Festival that particular year, it must have been […]
