[…]in, I mean, I'm a, I've only just retired, I've only just left it actually! I: So, that would have been ACTT? [The Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians] R: Yes, ACTT. I: So, when you went Freelance, you were part of the Freelance branch of ACTT? R: Yes,[…]
[…]ey did. And then whilst doing that, I applied to the union, AC T. And they were very busy at that time, because I was starting off all the commercial television. And I got an interview with this man. I suddenly got telegram and he said, meet me in Santo pub in Wardour Street. I thought funny. Anyway[…]
This recording was transcribed by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, University of Leeds) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co- Investigator, De Montfort University). (2015).BECTU History ProjectInterview […]
[…]sn't interested. So two reasons A she was getting very much towards the end of her career then, plus the fact this was just before colour came in, in television and it was black and white. And she didn't fancy that but the most important thing of all is they couldn't pay her money. But he could pay […]
[…]ly in those days, it still is, you had to pay rather a lot for your RIBA. So I went without it.Sidney Cole: Ah-huh. The RIBA being?Carmen Dillon: The Royal Institute of British Architects.Sidney Cole: Yes, oh yes.Carmen Dillon: And so I stayed in Wembley for a long, long time.Sidney Cole: What was y[…]
