David Robson

[…] to see him came in. They were the sweepings of London! I thought, "I can't possibly..." I'm not a snob, […]

David Robson

[…]ver anyway." [laughs] So I sat in the foyer and about ten minutes later an awful crowd of boys who got to see him came in. They were the sweepings of London! I thought, "I can't possibly..." I'm not a snob, but I mean, if you work people like this, it's hopeless! Anyway, the thing I noticed about th[…]

Yvonne Littlewood

[…]when I was four or five, but I can't remember much about that, but I can remember Hereford. And I took my exams, and some, I sometimes had to come to London for those, that was, you know, a huge excursion to come to London to do an exam. And so I did a lot of that, and at music, at school I did musi[…]

Val Guest

[…] and omits some repetition. DS 2021]Val Guest = VG; Roy Fowler = RFSIDE 1, TAPE 1RF: Let us start with when and where you were born.VG: I was born in London in Maida Vale, a long time ago.RF: Are you going to be more specific than that.VG: I was born 1911. December 11.RF: Did you parents have any co[…]

Charles Picken

[…] “occasional members” (who was also attending Edinburgh University at the time) when Graham encountered him at a civil service meeting he attended in London. Spotting Gordon Brown standing alone at the gathering, he wandered up and introduced himself as one of the team who ran the EUFC while the Cha[…]

Anne V Coates

[…]k, or, or, do, do little girls still do that today? I think they do that today a lot. My daughter was very keen on horses; living in the centre of London, here in Chelsea, she didn’t get a lot of chance, but she loves riding. And now living in California she has her own horse. So I think... I thi[…]

Roy Fowler

[…]of your childhood history?Roy Fowler:Right well there’s not a great bit of interest to tell about that.  Born March 10, 1927, born in North London in a place called Bush Hill Park on Village Road. Education was very ordinary I went through the state schools, a lot of it was during the[…]

Ronnie Noble

[…]p;abroad you're your own boss so you know I never heard from my company in London at all ever. I used to draw my money through the field cashier. And […]
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