Johnny Speight

[…] Berkshire or somewhere. They had better sessions in the West End, like. So it was a sort of fringe work I was doing. And occasionally in some of the London clubs but nothing regular. But I used to give the comics, a couple of comics I gave them a couple of lines, that sort of thing, talk them throu[…]

Betty Batchelor

[…] 16th.Sid Cole: When were you born and where.   Betty Bachelor: I was born the Rhonda, 1908.Sid Cole: Same year as me. When did you come to London?Betty Bachelor: I came to London November 11, 1908, and I met Bert in Hyde Park in August 1929.Sid Cole: Was that at a demonstration?Betty Bach[…]

Robert Love

[…]tors are often very vague about, in fact he didn't even remember Glenn's name! But he said to me, "Oh, I was in a play at the Soho Poly." This was in London. "And I think it was written by a Scottish writer and he was very good!" So I did a bit of research and discovered, oh, I think it was the Soho[…]

Gawn Grainger

[…]ript Gawn Grainger (GG)Interviewer: Darrol Blake (DB)Transcribed by David Sharp 2024. DB: This is the 8th January 2019, and we are in North London and my name is Darrol Blake. GG: My name is Gawn Grainger, I was born in Glasgow on the 12th September 1937. So, there we go. DB: Rig[…]
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