[…] yours now.Thank you. Right, let’s begin with you identifying yourself?My name is Betty Willingale. I was born in Rotherhithe, which is in south east London in 1927. Mm, I left school in 1944 after having been an evacuee, so I’d gone from Rotherhithe, and want, and needed a job, had to have a job, d[…]
[…]ent on to...Alan Lawson: Yes we do, yes, yes.David Prosser: (Chuckles). Oh, to um, er, a college called Imperial College of Science and Technology in London University, but it regarded itself as separate from London University...it was based in South Ken., and, er, I was at the Royal College of Scie[…]
[…]Directed by Roy). Their film production company Charter Film Productions was set up in 1937.5 Vivian Van Damm (1889-1960) ran the Windmill Theatre in London from 1932-1960 CB: And an American singer sang the songs ‘Ain’t she sweet’ and ‘Drifting and Dreaming’ and I danced around in the backgrou[…]
[…]Marriage in Dover court which is a mile away from Harwich. We were in many ways in the firing line from the German bombers. They were on their way to London and came over us and we were very much in the firing line. In fact on two occasions I was nearly my family were nearly wiped out. While I was w[…]
[…]er Alan Lawson, recorded on 24 November 1993SIDE 1, TAPE 1Alan Lawson: When and where were you born?Freddie Francis: I was born in the wilds of North London, Barnesbury, north London on December 22nd, 1917 and on the night of the 22nd December 1917, when I was born, there was a Zeppelin raid over Lo[…]
[…]Date: 1994-03-22Interviewers: Rodney Giesler Interviewee: John KrishTape 1, Side 1This is an interview with John Krish, recorded by Rodney Giesler in London on 22nd March 1994.Rodney Giesler: When were you born?John Krish: 1923.Rodney Giesler: And can you tell me a bit about your background, family […]
[…] haaaing  but I'm not used to public speaking in any way. But so the company that owned these Cameo news theaters and other cinemas  around London had cinemas outside. But they was not news theatres. They were feature cinemas, and the company was called Cleveringham Rose, and they were ver[…]
[…]y muster so that if there was a vote in the House of Commons, we would do a special half-hour after than night out from ITN then in then Foley Street London and I remember Davy Johnson who was, by that time, Director of Programmes, saying to me once, he said, "Don't you think we're over-doing the pr[…]
[…]ot a job ultimately at the human loss side probation service. Out on the patch, which was a little bit it was one of the worst crime rates outside of London. But would you believe next door to where I work, the Halle orchestra used to practice so quite often I would end up having lunches listening t[…]
