Maxwell Setton

[…]bsp;said Now you're just going to see Eric bomber Eric Palmer. His partner was ahead of you fine bird it was a very important man. You ran away from Hitler[…]

Yvonne Littlewood

[…] Chief Accountant, who was a man called J.G.L. Francis I think.[10:24]And there was also a, they used a Chief Accountant and I think Lock..., Mr. Lockhead was the Controller of Finance. And I typed this dreaded thing, which was a double foolscap page thing, and we had these old Remington typewriters[…]

Dicky Leeman

[…] the foreman would say, "Such-and-such wants a plasterer..." or the head chippy wanted another chippy and things like that. And […]

Joe McGrath

[…]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[…]

Betty Willingale

[…]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[…]

Dicky Leeman

[…]nything up to about a hundred guys standing outside the gate, waiting, hoping that the foreman would say, "Such-and-such wants a plasterer..." or the head chippy wanted another chippy and things like that. And I lived in Eldon Avenue in those days, because although I was freelance, I...Rodney Giesle[…]

Margaret Dale

[…], 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[…]
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