Len Lawrence Laboratories, Technician, Editor (Stoll, Humphries, Technicolor)BECTU No.81Interviewers Alf Cooper (AC) & Alan Lawson (AL)Date: 12/04/1989 Side 100:00:00 – 00:03:58 Introduction; early life; schooling; 11 plus exams; first job in a fruit shop; working in an ironmongers.00:[…]
[…]still on 35?David Robson: On 35.Alan Lawson: And where was it processed?David Robson: It was processed at - where did we send that to...?Alan Lawson: Humphries was it?David Robson: Eh?Alan Lawson: Was it Humphries?David Robson: Humphries, yes it was at Humphries. And what we used to have to do with […]
[…]with ACT; HM became involved as managing director at CFS; staff relationships were always good except during pay review; HM discusses the merger with Humphries; John Jeffrey was put in as managing director of Humphries and half the staff were removed; Humphries were now in a stronger financial posit[…]
[…], you see...John Taylor: Really? Yeah, hmm.Margaret Thomson: At Olympic this was?Charles Wilder: At Olympic, all Olympic, until he eventually went to Humphries.Margaret Thomson: As the head of...John Taylor: But he was manager of Olympic wasn't he, Howard Baillie?Charles Wilder: He was manager of Ol[…]
Bob Narduzzo (BN) BECTU No.434Projectionist, Laboratory Technician (Shell, ARTV, Humphries)Interviewer: Rodney Geisler (RG)Date 18/5/981 TapeSide 100:00:00 – 00:06:10 Early life; born November 3rd, 1926 in London; father was Italian and mother came from Bath; father worked as a booking clerk on[…]
[…]so I was producing the last of the satire shows, the death of satire, except [Laughs] … except for the fact that on that show, I think was when Barry Humphries was starting, with his Edna Everage, and Mike Palin, Terry Jones were doing their first little films, comedy films, so, although while the o[…]
[…] them. So I went in with them, with his two partners and him and we started in um - in fact what we did, do you know, I don't know if you know George Humphries Laboratories?Alan Lawson: Yes, yes.Cyril Pennington-Richards: Well they were just building a laboratory in Whitfield Street and I […]
[…]I: Yeah? Shot earlier but released later.CB: YesI: And Reggie Denham as director. Was he a fun director?CB: Oh, yeah, he was nice. YesI: And Whitmore Humphries. He’s a lovely name...CB: No, he didn’t sort of appear anymore, I don’t think. I never met him again. (laughs) I: It’s almost a Peter Seller[…]
