[…]over in the south, in the distance, it was like lights all over the place. And we couldn't make out what it was. And the next morning we heard on the radio it was Crystal Palace had been burnt down, which was... And it was a cold night, we could have done with some of that heat there, I can tell you[…]
[…]was home on a 72 hour pass and I had been to see a Chelsea Arsenal evening kick off match and I came home and my mother said Mr Atlee has been in the radio dear, something about National Service. And I said OK and ignored it. And the next morning I switched on the radio and because of th[…]
[…]gin with to play small parts, and then I went to Australia and New Zealand for a year which I enjoyed very much with the company. And then joined the radio station in Wellington. Then I came home and continued my career. Someone I met early on in my career was Roy Boulting who was a tremendous encou[…]
[…] The only thing I remember about him was that gently rang me up with this opportunity to work a GPL formula. I was doing a course on training to be a radio operator for the merchant navy, getting ready to be in the war. This was January 1940. And are you right? Or am I okay? And so a very good frien[…]
[…]p;Did you hear that the pope died. And she said Yes I heard it on the radio at lunch time is all we had a big deal at school today. The nuns […]
[…]ead by now. And. Politically unreliable. They said that this meant Europe or the US is and we can offer you a job running manager or whatever the new radio station. So we you know we're about show business.SPEAKER: F8And so is a show on the show. There is one snag is that in our current form the onl[…]
[…] USA. Also, Gene Nelson from the USA, Kathleen Harrison, Ben Lyon. Ben Lyon, I'd like to mention the fact that erm to mention Ben Lyon with his radio show, his Life with the Ly ons. Ben Lyon came to Merton Park Studios as a base for 20th Century Fox to do screen tests, and they used Merton Par[…]
[…]nd, well like most of the ships who went actually, he was sunk, but he was captured, and he finished up a few days later broadcasting for the Italian radio - which didn't go down very well. So, that was the only time they actually stopped us going, but otherwise I used to ignore the Fleet Press Liai[…]
