Brian Shemmings

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Fred Tomlin

[…] some didn't join but some did. And then there was a thing between the ETU and NATKE, the two unions - that the ETU wanted to have all ETU members as projectionists throughout the country. It was easy enough to organise, if they could have got them, because there were two big groups. The Elstree gro[…]

Charles Wilder

[…]m, Howard Baillie, he was in it. Harold Johnson who was my wife's brother...Margaret Thomson: Baillie...oh, Johnson?Charles Wilder: Johnson, he was a projectionist at Olympic after several years at er - oh he used to tell me he used to work for Walterdaw, was it?John Taylor: Yes, yes.Charles Wilder:[…]

Peter Dimmock

[…]reat negotiation and they were both determined and they both had their boards had voted enormous budgets.  I was staggered, I’d obviously had my projections said what I thought it would get and which was more than somebody else that advised board, an independent advisor, because the Board in Am[…]

Adam Dawson

[…]p;more of Zoltan and Vincent but Alex was very much ?? ?? and everybody was very much on their toes. I've never seen anything quite so amazing as the projectionist.  Because the projectionist in the theatre where he used to view the rushes.  If they wanted to see the film again t[…]

James (Jimmy) Gilbert

The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU History Project, the interview is with James Gilbert interviewed by John Taylor with possible interruptions by Stephen Peet. James Gilbert has mainly been a producer and director for television and the date is 5 March 1990, File No 130.SIDE 1, T[…]
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