John Turner

[…]erratic in their behaviour, but they were very nice. We used to get people like old Prince Monolulu coming up there for the stills from 'The Sport of Kings' and all that sort of thing. Well, then it amalgamated with WNF, then there was another amalgamation with Gaumont. I survived all those, and fin[…]

John Cotter

[…]d me, they gave me a 7 and then I stayed in Malta doing sort of runof the mill stuff. They sent me an Eyemo(?) camera and I had a Maltese sergeant working withme and a driver and one used to pick one's own stories, one did what one liked, and I knew LordGaunt(?) who was the Governor of the island in[…]

Derek Threadgall

[…]of the following recording is vested with the BECTU History Project  Today is the 8th of June 1995.SPEAKER: M2We're right back to you and I'm talking with Derek. Third go Derek starting at the beginning when and where were you born.SPEAKER: M8I was born in Harwich Essex on 18th November 1938 an[…]

Edward Aneurin Williams

[…]oems, one of which was anthologized a good deal during the war was in the wardrobe, and the auction item to do a bit for a bit, I think, and then the king's commission, and married my mother James wall. My mother, my mother was an American from Colorado isn't American, Colorado, she's still alive. s[…]

Alfred E. (Alfie) Cox

[…]chool. In Hampstead. There was a film is very much involved with the nuns schools who the guilds arts and crafts which used to have an exhibition at. King's Works. So there's an awful lot of things went on there and then a half failed scholarship.[00:01:32.340] - SPEAKER: M3 Tell me do the Hard[…]

Teddy Darvas

[…]on all the prizes at Gymnasium, which is the secondary school, like a grammar school.John Legard: Now, tell me, what part or the world are we talking about?Teddy Darvas: This is Budapest. He was born in Budapest and whenever he won any prizes which were gold sovereigns, all that money went[…]

Patrick (Paddy) Carey

[…]e. And I know when we went for a picnic at Bristol Bay, or re or somewhere like that, I would suddenly be noticed as missing because I've gone off looking at butterflies. And I had won the bat class, I'm conscious that my parents were on the point of calling the police in. But that was only a taste […]

Charles Potter

[…] 2  0:38  in Charles potters home at Godalming side one.Alan Lawson  0:47  Hello. Very nice to be here with you, and now we're looking forward to hearing a bit about your career. And perhaps we could start off by you telling us where you started life, who your parents were, and w[…]
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