[…]s since I came back, because coming back in 1948 I joined the Secretarial Department as assistant to the company secretary, a rnan called Bill Able, and our ultimate boss was Tim White , he was&[…]
[…] out there was a guy called Oliver Bell and a secretary called Dickinson and I thought something could be done […]
[…]bsp; And he said, “Can I come?” And I said, “Well, alright. I’ll ask.” Anyway, I made contact with Jimmy somehow, I think I rang his secretary, and said “Can this friend of mine come down?” And he said, “Yes, alright”. And Johnny Beerling and I went down to this re[…]
[…]rking in Mayfair, [Laughter] which was supposed to be the graveyard of his officers, because first of all you had to get through the butler, then the secretary and if you were lucky you got to see the person who really lived there. And anyway I, they, I was the only woman, all the restwere guys doin[…]
[…]n start this was safely on Wednesday so you could start next Monday if you like so I said well I'll go home and I'll ask them and I'll telephone your secretary. I went home spoke my mother. Father and I must say they were quite mild because they really couldn't afford not to have the money. They sai[…]
[…]d for me to have an agent, who I was with for sixty years: Essanay they were called. Lovely people. So, I told her -it was Pat Trenfield, who was the secretary there. Co-partner; I said “A bloke’s told me I’m going to be on the next film and he said ask for another three pounds a day.” She said “wel[…]
[…]f dispute as to how much support we would be getting. I remember it was Alan Sapper who was very good, at the time he was an assistant to the General Secretary, George Elvin wasn't he. And he gave us names we should see, I'm trying to remember the name and I can't. Manny Yospa: Was it the ACT s[…]