[…]n, we know they had separate rooms there, and he used to say “How many times does he come and tap on [the door?]”, and all this, and did he wear long johns, it was a hideous thing, anyway she got rid of him. That was Jack Cox, he had a very dry sense of humour, nothing phased him.[Side 3, 40 mins]RF[…]
[…]m...I learnt all these things, and I found it so interesting. Then, after that we made a big film, which was 'The Burgomaster of Stilemonde' with Sir John Martin-Harvey.Sidney Cole: Oh yes!Tilly Day: Of course I was thrilled to be on a film with Sir John Martin-Harvey! And in such close co[…]
[…] big film, which was 'The Burgomaster of Stilemonde' with Sir John Martin-Harvey. Sidney Cole: Oh yes! Tilly Day: Of course […]
[…]sm towards you I think wanted to there was there was a guy by name of John Allen who is half a Wall Street and John was a pain in the arse J[…]
[…] other distinguished member of the family who also came from that part of the world and his grandfather was Louis' brother, was my distant cousin Sir John Balcombe, B A L C O M B E, who was a Lord of Appeal and a very distinguished judge, who died last year and had the most marvellous ecumenical ser[…]
[…]. He was made an Honorary Member, he was never a member.Q What was the reason for this?A I have no idea because he is not anti-trade union, you know, John his brother in law, was a member and Donald Taylor his other brother in law was a member and Marion was a member his sister and Ruby was a member[…]
behp0152t-john-halas-transcript [This transcript was kindly checked by John Halas’s daughter]NB: John Halas and Bob Godfrey were hamming it up a bit and having a laugh whilst conducting the interview. There is some license for exaggeration. DS 2021. The copyright of this recording is veste[…]
BECTU History ProjectInterview no: 398Interviewee: Vivienne CollinsInterviewer: John Legard and Alan Lawson No of tapes 3Duration: 3:50:151Vivienne Collins Tape 1 Side ANB: The time codes given here are estimates based on readings from the original cassette recording.Tape 1 Side A.The copyright of t[…]
[…]Because I like to talk about my family background from that. Because it has a bearing on what happens. In fact I'll start with what happened.In 1965. Johnny Speight and I – Johnny Speight the author, well established had been writing a very successful series for commercial television, called the Art[…]
