[…]rth having all that much you know, but even so it was fun, that's the main thing, it was fun.Jim Shields: Yes, yes.Peter Stroud: And of course, being Ranks, you weren't allowed to work on Sundays until you were sixteen. [Chuckles]Jim Shields: This was the religious side of the Rank Organisation of c[…]
[…]ly we, we applauded, and make it viable and bring it in in among the big, big companies on a competitive basis so it could compete properly with, mm, Rank and Technicolor, et cetera. And at a certain stage I was approached. Mm, this was an awkward time for me.Mm.And I know you’re going to ask me now[…]
[…]lan Lawson : Did you have any reinstatement rights?Peter Birch : Oh I went back to Gaumont, yes.Alan Lawson : What. the News?Peter Birch : Well, no - Rank had taken over then, you see, so I was taken back as a mixer, and put in charge of the Instructional side of the firm right away. I was a bit rus[…]
[…]sp; Do you think do you think you were rather on your own in that?Philip Donnellan: It's awfully difficult to know some of the lads some of the other ranks took to holding up opium dens with their I mean everybody had guns we were all used to handling guns and it's the most natural thing in the worl[…]
