Teddy Darvas

[…]uld they be?Teddy Darvas: I don't know. I am not technical at all. But anyway, this is what I saw. There were some marvellously run cinemas. The Granada circuit - the managers were a different quality. They had more independence. If they had a cinema that had a stage, if they wanted to put a pa[…]

Richard (Dickie) Best

[…]story short aletter came saying would I go and see John Corfield at Golden Square, whichwas British National headquarters, I think it's now where the Granadabuilding is. I didn't know, what for so one November day in 1935 I wentup there and was put in front of a very stern gentleman who looked at me[…]

David Elstein

[…]we must stick together in London or it will fall apart. We can be bitter enemies but not let them gang up against us’. Interesting to see LWT beat up Granada re Coronation Street: eventually they got a Friday slot. Then Central turned up with Inspector Morse and suddenly we had a Wednesday banker - […]
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