[…]opa Horton the next day and he said as soon as you're got your regimental number you're to get in touch with me, which I did. I'd been drafted to the Royal Engineers Chemical Warfare. My base was to be Barton Stacy which isn't far from Handover, 1 think Long Parish was the actual address. I was doin[…]
[…]ale colleagues doing? Oh, Joanna and Jackie, were both going on to be engineer Well, Joanna actually was going to become the first sound assistant to Television Centre. She was six foot and a half engineer bare feet blonde bombshell. Sadly, I discover she only lasted about two years, I think she cou[…]
[…], got a reply from the personnel. A person, at the time, called John Baxter who invited me for an interview so I toddled along one day to the Theatre Royal where STV's front door was at the time and went for an interview, which was, I think, the most frightening experience I'd ever had in my life be[…]
[…] premiere for the picture. In fact, we had a we had a an end of shooting party that was better than most premiere I've ever been to. He took the cafe royal and the whole crew, we had a fantastic party there will with as non an enormous cake. Which he paraded around the dance floor in front of us all[…]
David Attenborough – Transcript.The copyright is vested in the BECTU History Project. David Attenborough, television director, producer.Interviewer Norman Swallow, recorded 8 April 1991Recordist: Alan LawsonSIDE ONE, TAPE ONENorman Swallow: Where and when were you born?David Attenborough: I was born[…]
[…]d at his job, and as a freelance sound recordist, was not very popular. So he belonged to a variety of committees, which emanated through ACTT in the Royal Society of Arts and the British Standards Institution, and a Tuc committee here, and something something committee there. And there was the man […]
[…]ected to the mullard radio valve factory in Mitcham. In Surrey, and I spent some months there and then finally was called up and went into REME Royal electrical and mechanical engineers. Spent, I've never been able to remember exactly how long I've put off my I think it was about two and[…]
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