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[…]her a right one! But now, that would be, presumably, a bit misinterpreted as being - but Sam was great! I: OK. So, I've just got to start with a head thing. So, this is an interview with Judy Ritchie for the Scottish Broadcasting Heritage Group's Oral History project. The interviewer is Janet M[…]
[…]y voice broke, I was in the choir. And I can now sing Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring to you this moment, and a number of other hymns that are still in my head, you know, I was brought up in the Anglican faith so forget being Muslim, which is odd now, because of the days that Islamophobia is rampant. It'[…]
[…]at the Royal College of Art had a folio of work - commercial television was starting - wandered along and saw Michael Yates in which we know who were head of departments at Rediffusion and ATV I got a job with Richard Real (?) ATV - 00:05:42Very funny story about that because he said to m[…]
[…]use he thought that change of schooling without upset any chance that I might have of going in for the 11 plus exam at the time. Him and. He spoke to headmaster the news called and we happened to know him ask to get some extra homework to do which was very good and. I managed to apparently pass the […]
[…]encies but usually they let me sleep through it. And on the very I went up knocked on all the doors all the studios I went up to see is it D C Sewell head of sound. The time they were producing the wicked Lady 1946. Mason & Grainger to Ealing. I didn't even get an interview at Ealing. The […]
[…]rly the sort of firming had been in our youth. What wasJohn P Hamilton 5:38 it from that job, then? You did? We both have an area. I was ahead of you because I'm older you are, but you did national service.Gerald Chambers 5:49 Yes, I was in the, in the Air Force from 1945 to […]
[…]sly, in Birmingham, that's very common. Lois Singer 2:07 I had my first real long term permanent job as a secretary to the headmistress of a girl's private school. And when the headmistress retired, and the school closed, I was casting about for what to do next. And that w[…]
[…]ve started school at 35 was the age there. So that would be 1925. That was the ordinary little local yes little local primary school yes. There's the headmaster. There were three brothers actually the peacock family and they were all keen cricketers and cricket was the lifeblood of the village. No. […]
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