Name of interviewee Susan Crockford DRAFT Tape 1 Side AThis transcripti-highlight">on was provided in 2015 by -highlight">the AHRC-highlight">-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Televisi-highlight">on project, 1933-highlight">-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, Leeds University) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-highlight">- Investigator, De M-highlight">ontfort U[…]
[…]s a curious educati-highlight">on really, it was -highlight">the sort of n-highlight">on educati-highlight">on and in some ways. It was pretty rugged stuff. I mean, it was wasn't sort of -highlight">one of -highlight">the -highlight">- certainly better than most of -highlight">the o-highlight">ther Irish Christian bro-highlight">ther colleges that you could have g-highlight">one to if -highlight">they were in Ireland, -highlight">they were particularly[…]
[…]bout when you were born and about your family background?A Yes, certainly, I was born in Blackheath near L-highlight">ond-highlight">on -highlight">on 22 September 1918 and myfa-highlight">ther was -highlight">- he had retired from -highlight">the RAF in 1924, which was quite early -highlight">- and he joinedCookwit(?) Budget as a camera man which was -highlight">one of -highlight">the original, very orig[…]
[…]l -highlight">the details. Barry Houlding....Oh yes.Very nice chap, was our producti-highlight">on manager. And we had a ra-highlight">ther eccentric Norwegian called Rolf Popp, that's P-highlight">-O-highlight">-P-highlight">-P, who was -highlight">the first, no sec-highlight">ond, sorry sec-highlight">ond assistant, Michael Johns-highlight">on, whom everybody remembers, was -highlight">the first assistant, Rolf Popp was -highlight">the se[…]
[…]lots of -highlight">the satirists are Irish. -highlight">The English satirists are Irish because -highlight">they come from an alien society, and -highlight">they bring -highlight">their Gallic wit to England, -highlight">-highlight">-highlight">Oscar Wilde Bernard Shaw, who wrote Gulliver's Travels, all Irish men of great intellect and percepti-highlight">on, yeah. Trinity, college, Governor, I think he […]
