[…]. So some things have probably never changed. So the compromise with my parents was that look, you can carry on and do this as long as you get formal education. So I was doing drama A level in fact, I was on the pilot course it was the first time it had ever been done. And the only place doing it wa[…]
[…]6:15 what what age would you have been there?Speaker 2 36:18 I was 16. I was 16. And so because my point is going on to for further education. And actually Paul said at the time, I remember him saying, you know, editing is the best place to be. That way, you'll just you can see for[…]
[…]probably still have the grammar schools situation which was dominated in our area by Kingston Grammar [inaud]. Erm, so you were in a sort of B stream education really, there’s no doubt about it. But, fortunately for me, in the early seventies the doors of academia opened slightly and kids from ordin[…]
[…]et. I was happy there, etc. And then a letter comes in the post, and I was offered the place at Ruskin, right? [Ruskin College, specialised in higher education for those without many or any formal qualifications. DS] And it was Ernie Johnson that put me forward. RL: 6:40 You didn’t g[…]
[…]four-year fine art degree on which you could specialize in film. So that's what I did.SPEAKER: M2 [Paul Collard]So moving on to you know your further education. Can you tell us about your journey through further education.SPEAKER: F6 [Carol Owens]Yes absolutely. The Fine Art course at Leeds was a fo[…]
[…]thin a week, all my fear – although I did still fear going down there – had gone because the miners, like my first introduction to actors was a great education. These were people who I was brought up to believe “bloody up north, they’ve got no brains”. We were tribal in England, we probably still ar[…]
[…]m, was sent back.You were sent back?Well from wherever they were.Oh I see. Not from Cheltenham as a...?No. [0:01:32]OK. And after school, and further education, higher education?I went to Edinburgh, and then to the National Film School.So you did actually have formal training as a film-maker, at the[…]
