[…], but in the twenties they were dotted with tables, with gilt chairs, white teacloths, waitresses in black dresses with white frilly aprons and white headbands. There would be a band because part of the floor would be cleared and people used to tango, foxtrot and all that stuff.The story goes that I[…]
[…]cepted the call. They said come tomorrow morning 10.3-. And I did go at 10.30by then head of programmes, a great man, alas no longer with us called John Salt, his wife was a famous broad cas[…]
[…]no issue looking through a piddly little tent, you know, you can't see what you're doing. You can't see anything. So you've got the lid open and your head out, haven't you'd have a look. Well, you know, there were some bright boys sitting around waitingUnknown Speaker 37:11 for these idi[…]
[…] they were all put in caravans, and if ever the head of department or anybody wanted to see them I had to […]
[…]rs came in, there were no offices for them because it was all so tiny, so there was a big car park and they were all put in caravans, and if ever the head of department or anybody wanted to see them I had to open my window and yell out, you know, [Laughter] to whoever was around, pass it down, you k[…]
[…]taken back to Germany. I couldn't speak a word of German, only English. This sounds crazy. We were trying to put me in a school, and the teacher, the headmaster, said I needed at least private less for six months or more, students going to class, and you can't understand what they're talking about. […]
[…]owler: And no formal training. It was always learning on the job.Maurice Carter: The only formal training for the art department was experience. But theadvantage of that time was that youngsters used to start much, much younger, come in asperhaps a teaboy into the art department at 14 and learn from[…]
[…]en I got a letter back from the BBC asking me to come up for an interview at Broadcasting House. And dear old Peter Parrish, I think was there as the head programme engineer, or was it Dr. Alexander, one of them was in charge. John Ammonds 9:06 Well, yes ... Joh[…]
[…]was in those days half a crown. And so consequently, you went up the road or you had a bar of chocolate or you took, went up the road of the road and head to the pub and had a half a pint of butter. And then if it worked or 12 o'clock, you had taxes home. Now taxes weren't load on. So I noticed thos[…]
[…] there. Which year was about 1943. Again, it was the This Happy Breed was just wrapping up. Henry the fifth that just returned from Ireland, the Way Ahead was just starting. And I was after a day or two put onto the crew for The Way Ahead, I spent two weeks there. But as I mean, every moment of thos[…]
