Roy Parkinson: BECTU Interview Part 1The copyright of this recording and transcript is vested in the BECTU History Project. Roy Parkinson was interviewed by Sid Cole in 1987.1. On his father H.B. ParkinsonRP: I was born in Surbiton, 22nd January 1916, and my father at that time was a cinema manager.[…]
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www.historyproject.org.uk BEHP BULLETIN June 2020 Dear all, Welcome to the latest bulletin of the British Entertainment History Project. The outbreak […]
