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[…] what was the name of your current affairs? Norman Swallow: Special Enquiry with Robert Reid from Yorkshire. David Attenborough: You […]
[…]nbsp;AL An LLB? JG LLB. AL And you didn’t use it then? JG No, I was very interested in industrial and trade union law, and that was my speciality, and when I left college I was … went to the careers office and they suggested me for two basic jobs, and one was a research oficer at Equi[…]
[…]-up. And I did go on to a film called Esther Waters and it was the introduction of Dirk Bogarde and [John Howard?] he was kind of special effects with Bill Morris and all of that. He was kind of very learned and he had this… who was the famous documenter at that time?PF: John Gri[…]
[…]do with electricity must have some future and and so I would take a job with an electrical firm. And I did this and this was a small company that was specialising in electrical installations. In fact, they were rewiring, they were putting wiring into many of the small terraced houses in Dulwich at t[…]
[…]hat was in Albany Street. I was happy there, etc. And then a letter comes in the post, and I was offered the place at Ruskin, right? [Ruskin College, specialised in higher education for those without many or any formal qualifications. DS] And it was Ernie Johnson that put me forward. RL: […]
[…]nd of my schooling.Unknown Speaker 1:38 Did you started learning things long after that?Unknown Speaker 1:42 Did you have any specialized training after school at all, university or something like that? No, I didn't go to university. I did an apprenticeship with what was by t[…]
[…]d off, it was purely just a guide, you had the 1000s of people standing up and lonomg to create. And you see. And I have to say that I get bored with special effects film because I know it's just money and time and where the special effects of the searches and 40s and 50s were really exciting becaus[…]
[…]ground. Yes,Unknown Speaker 1:12 I had quite a good childhood. You know, Dad had been a catering and he belonged to the philanthropic and Special Constable and the Masons and all that sort of thing.Unknown Speaker 1:24 AndUnknown Speaker 1:27 then I from there, I […]
[…] did some work for him. He used to be wonderful. Special Effects wasn’t he. He was well known for that. […]
