John Box

[…]reas of Ceylon to work as a civil engineer; JB was here until 9 or 10 years old; moved back to England where JB went to school in Cumberland and then London, while his father and brother were still abroad; JB started at the Northern Polytechnic on Holloway Road, most students were sons of builders; […]

Harry Manley

[…]l in 1945 and left at sixteen; wanted a career as a customs officer; he became a clerical officer in the civil service at the Air Ministry, moving to London in 1951; 1952 – National Service in the RAF as a clerk; at 21 he went back to the Air Ministry for eight months before looking for a new career[…]

Lois Singer

[…]me of which were just broadcast in Midland region, some of which were that quaint BBC term SB, which means simultaneously broadcast, which meant that London took them and many of the other regions Lois Singer  9:46  While we were doing these drama serials for children, I cam[…]

Jack Rockett

[…]ack Rockett: I went to central school, grammar school.Sidney Cole: Where?Jack Rockett: Oh at - in Walthamstow, Essex.Sidney Cole: So you were sort of Londoner.Jack Rockett: I am a Londoner yes. I was born in Walthamstow.Sidney Cole: When were you born actually?Jack Rockett: July 1908.Sidney Cole: Ah[…]

Roger Davis

[…]nt at the time. Now that's not me actually in the end. parked it at that. I was sent off for a week in 1956 or 57. I can't remember the every year in London at Earls Court they had a week's radio and television show which was for manufacturers to exhibit all their latest electronics and the RAF are […]
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