[…]r sent me to an Aunt in Neath, an Aunt and Uncle. Actually the Uncle called and took me with him, and I'll always remember, he was a great man, Uncle Johnny - full of laughter. We got to - I think it's Glynneath or some place near Seven Sisters where he lived - er, Onllwyn, that's right, Onllwyn, a […]
David Watkin (DW)Director of PhotographyBECTU No. 320Interviewer: Alan Lawson (AL) and John Legard (JL)Date 03/03/19943 Tapes Side 100:00:00 – 00:12:00 Introductions; born in Margate, 1925; father was a solicitor for Southern Rail; lived in Margate until the war; as a child DW would got to the […]
[…]inion, Herbert Wilcox's company. He was playing Robespierre, and 'When Knights Were Bold', that was another film that Nelson Keys was in. His son was John Paddy Carstairs. Nelson Keys had three or four sons - I've forgotten which, but they were all in films, technical side of film. Well anyhow...Rod[…]
[…]of that in those terms, except the documentary boys I feel, I mean the shelves unit and, and they had a sort of, and the post office union with, with John Gresham [ph 18:50] they had, they had political aims, you see.Right.They did this. But I was in pictures, you see. So...So, I was going to say le[…]
[…] well you can be a sound camera operator. And I was absolutely thrilled at the thought of actually working on a picture. I worked with a mixer called John Cooke who was I think I am right in saying some relation of John Cox. I think he was his brother-in-law, wonderful man, very good man, and I was […]
[…] which was thestory of the Mollisons, and I remember Jim Newton was Jim Mollison and Anna Neagle was Amy Johnson as it                     &[…]
