Derek Williams

Derek Williams Side 1 Glyn Jones  0:00The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU History Project. The name of the interviewee is Derek Williams, Writer Director. The interviewer is Glyn Jones. The date is the first of May 2002. And this is side one. Have you had an ex[…]

Bobbi Riesel

[…]lled in a firm called Cold shield, and they're true to form. Oscar got a film out of it, so he filmed the fitters, and they were able to use it as an instructional film. And no, we didn't get a free door, but I think we got a small discount, so that was just another way that we were able to use his […]

John Cotter

[…]se they were flyingabout and you never knew quite where they were coming from. No, I came through without ascratch and then smashed my legs playing rugby.Q And when did that happen?A Oh not long after the war. I was Captain of the BBC rugby team.Ο But that lack of mobility didn't have any effect on […]

Vivienne Collins

[…]n’t know whether, whether the cutting room wasn’t expanding, I don’t know anyway.No.I think I gave up. And also of course, a big point about going to GBI was that it was a Elstree which made it a very much more civilised journey for me from Hendon, and Ithink actually I was going to get a rise as we[…]

Bill Ward

[…]and taught allied officers, Allied commission ranks, how to repair the equipment for Remi and had a Lovely War. I mean, played for military science rugby. I played for berry rugby club. I played for Preston grasshoppers as a wing forward. I played for Western command as a wing forward. I played Lanc[…]

Ann Meo

This transcription was provided in 2015 by the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, Leeds University) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-Investigator, De Montfort University).   BECTU History ProjectInterv[…]

Chili (Dorothy) Bouchier

[…]d his wife finance it? Was that where the money came from?CB: I don’t know...they didn’t stay together very long, I’m afraid, noI: Sounds like a springboard for his careerCB: Oh yesI: Right, so umm...CB: And I think we’re umm...oh, very sad, we’re coming to the end aren’t we, with Dead LuckyI: Dead […]
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