Betty Batchelor

[…]an Peter she is a teacher at Northampton. Then there is Helen, she started at Rediffusion when she was 18 and then Rediffusion split up, some went to Thames and she went to London Weekend, she went as a researcher, and then she became head of the research department two years later on.  &n[…]

Val Guest

[…]But the most terrifying thing was working on the docks when they bombed the docks and the whole [of] London was alight and we were on one side of the Thames with everything there. There was a barge on our side which was alight and we turned hoses on it to push it to the other side. And in the middle[…]

Madeline Smith

[…]ghtie/frock. Why I had to do that. I don't know. No idea, but it was soaking wet and freezing. And we did...we did a scene on the river, on the River Thames in the middle of the night. And Rosemary, I can't remember her other name, Nichols. Fabulous actress. Was then in.. she was with Topol in Fiddl[…]

Aida Young (nee Cohen)

[…]ve his name?  Has he gone? AY:  No, no.  I also worked for the Black brothers of course for a while.  They were at Walton on Thames. Another voice:  Tyne &Tees AY:  No. Another voice:  Do you mean Edward? AY:  Yes, I think it was a[…]

Joan Kemp-Welch

[…]ing that relates?Joan Kemp-Welch: Well, chiefly I remember - and this, again, possibly is connected with the theatre - I was living in Henley on Thames, I had a stable loft somewhere in Henley on Thames, and I used to come up by train every day and I used to come up with Hermione Gingold and - […]

Bill Cotton

[…]BC1. And I understand that Eric said well Bill Cotton's looked after himself so we better look after ourselves and they went for a massive offer from Thames Television which included a film. And it was just like a divorce to me. I was lying in bed ill in the Bel Air Hotel in Beverly Hills when I was[…]
Scroll to Top