Geoff Labram

[…]mmersmith. So although I know, looking back on it, that it was a struggle for my parents, they gave me what I think by anybody's standards was a good education. And it served me well ever since. And rather belatedly, I'm very grateful to them.Interviewer  2:07  Good. Yes. you we were evacu[…]

Alf Cooper

[…]ere most popular and most mouthy among my colleagues were the best people to get interested first so I got, told one or two people that haduniversity educations and well up with mummy and daddy’s attitudes and they were, they were great, it was... And it worked but the unfortunate part about it Bert[…]

Christopher Challis

[…]finding someone who would give you a job. And I determined that was what I wanted to do. I don't think my parents were all that keen. They thought my education was all rather wasted. During the course of business my father met Castleton Knight who was the head of Gaumont British News, quite a charac[…]

Guido Coen

GUIDO COENCopyright is invested in ACTT History Project.Guido Coen, producer and director of Twickenham Film Studios - interviewer Sid Cole .SIDE 1, TAPE 1SC: We always ask about origins, where were you born.GC : I was born in Milan, in 1915 which makes me 73, I don't feel it but its there.SC : And […]

Muriel Cole

[…]anybody coming into the business, they must give themselves a terrific grounding. I don't think anybody should come into this industry without a good education and a rarely you have no time to study once you're in. So you've got to do all your study before you come into the business and equip for yo[…]

Jack Hildyard

[…]nown Speaker  0:17  tell me, did you work on any quota quickies? No, never.Unknown Speaker  0:23  I never worked on a quote, your education was sadly neglected.Unknown Speaker  0:33  I always seemed to,Unknown Speaker  0:36  I don't say everything I worked on […]

Peter Proud

  THE COPYRIGHT OF THIS RECORDING IS VESTED IN THE ACTT PROJECT. PETER PROUD INTERVIEWED BY SID COLE ON 18TH NOVEMBER 1987.SIDE ONE Peter Proud:  Sid Cole     My fam[…]

Ted Candy

[…]e they got today going around the world, and it wasn't paid a lot of money, but at least I was paid for it, and I kept my family and give them a good education and all that kind of business. And I had a ball, and I went everywhere I went, as I told you, I went and sold Khrushchev. It was quite nice […]

Adolph Simon

HISTORY PROJECT - ADOLPH SIMON​[TIME CODE IN ELAPSED TIME]​SIDE 1​Q:​This is the recording by the ACTT History Project on the 16th of October 1987, with Monsieur Adolph Simon, originally French, but now a long resident in England. Mr Simon, tell me when and where were you born? 00:00:20​AD[…]
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