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[…]r had not been long out of the First World War. He had been in the trenches with his brothers. He went through a large part of the war in France with two brothers. They looked after each other. They survived; I think he was only eighteen. Northumberland Fusiliers.NS: Sounds appropriate.MD: Towards t[…]
[…]ecame an eminent sculptress. But we got this job with a director, I mean an impresario you could say, who sent out first tours, who was notorious for two things; paying the lowest salary and going after the ladies in his office. I can remember my first interview with him. I was so innocent, you know[…]
[…]wful lot of school care committees and so on and so I answered an advertisement in the Times, a Commander Menges, who wanted a secretary to help with two charity organisations, two Irish organisations, one was the Benevolent Society of St Patrick and the other was the Irish Peasantry Society, and we[…]
[…] was marvellous experience.And there was a difference in the money you got?Oh yes, because, well my first, the first money I got was at Paramount was two pounds three and six a week.Oh.And I think it went up to two pounds five when I got to Ealing. And then, with Tommy, he gave me three pounds a wee[…]
[…] so on and Basil said fine we'll ring you. Then I saw Geoffrey and Edgar and he said fine but we've nothing going at the moment. Then about a week or two after that I got a letter from Edgar saying could I start work straight away. I went to, I got a release, I went to the people and said I'm as mat[…]
[…] escort me when I first started. And. My brother who's two years younger than me. He started when I was […]
[…]el to reel tape. So we'll continue The story of for society has found four episodes that have worked completely lost since the early 2000s. The first two were the Blackboard Jungle and the new secretary, both radio episodes, they've been recorded by a guy who was recording them for a friend who was […]
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