[…]nings of trade union activities and things. But we won the case. Our lawyer was Gardiner, who became later Lord Gardiner and also became the Attorney General. And the one who was - you know the - and the other lawyer for the other side was a chap called Parker. And we were very, very impressed with […]
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[…]p papers at seventeen and three quarters. I was, mm, directed to barracks at Warley near Brentwood. As soon as I reached my eighteenth birthday I had general training there, mm.HARRY COURCHA 2Was this the first training you’d really received apart from school?Yes.Yes. And what were you trained […]
[…]ing a company and building a tour. They couldn’t play London, the theatres were closed. By that time Miss Bayliss had died and Tyrone Guthrie was our general manager. So the person on the phone was Guthrie, telling us what was happening. We embarked on a tour in the blackout and we never knew when w[…]
[…] of all went into Fleet Street and then I where I opened my own press agency in Fleet Street which was very successful at the beginning and press and general research service. We supplied information to newspapers that was made possible because of your family background in journalism. Possibly. OK. […]
[…]sp;He would come over once a year. I never met him until after the war. He came over for the annual general meetings of […]
