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[…] we, we, departments used to do that, they used to try and wheedle their way into some things which they […]

[…]n London town and the sound of bow bells. So not quite a Cockney, but can you tell me a bit about your family and how you came to be in the film industry?Right. My family consisted of a father who was in the engineering business, who would started making his own films and when he was young man just […]

[…]any of that. So it's irrelevant what anybody else, and I think that I if you like I inherited that type of feeling. So I was always lucky in the industry that there were no built in prejudices against me based on my father's success at allJohn Taylor: How many were in the bandBill Cotton Jr: He had […]

[…]or a minute and he came back and said there had been a whip round amongst all these girls for this poor British boy who was stranded in a foreign country, etc, etc. And they put the hat round and would I please make a speech of thanks. And I was very embarrassed about the whole thing and said No I c[…]

[…] of extreme relief and extreme shame, because I didn't want to be different, I want to be like everybody else. Anyway, I then decided, well, I better try to look for something else. So I first of all thought, well, if you can't beat them, join them properly. Let's do some home study to get to get so[…]

[…] of extreme relief and extreme shame, because I didn't want to be different, I want to be like everybody else. Anyway, I then decided, well, I better try to look for something else. So I first of all thought, well, if you can't beat them, join them properly. Let's do some home study to get to get so[…]

[…]an, tell us about your parents and your childhood. And when you first went saw a movie and where he was, went to school and how you got into the industry.Norman Spencer  0:42  Well, I was born in 1914. And I was born in Stockwell, which is near Brixton, but I don't remember any of it becau[…]

[…]eraman and our producer, director, Ronald Neame. Ronald, let's start at the very beginning, you had a parentage that was very active in the film industry of its time. Ronald Neame  0:35  Yes, Roy Fowler  0:36  Elwin Neame your father and your mother […]

[…]ick, I used to like The Inkspots and Tennessee Ernie Ford… I used to buy every Tennessee Ernie Ford record, and that’s what led me towards liking country music.  I’ve always been very keen on country music. MDHad you heard Hank Williams that moment in your life? BANot so much.  N[…]

[…]ateur group or something similar?Gerald Chambers  7:01  No, no, I can remember taking part in something which was a kind of pageant of industry, which they, they had I think it was probably towards the end of the war, but I don't really know. Other than other than going to Sheffield Playho[…]