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[…] is doing all sorts of things. I also had duties to do with the trade unions at the time. I think Palmer worked at night. He never he never stopped&nb[…]

[…]SE, and then a law degree. 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 wa[…]

[…]alled Pennett-Elkington, who enabled me to form a thing called the Adelphi Play Society, which is all to do with the background I'm coming to - trade unions, etc. And Elkington... we took the little theatre which was in the Adelphi, a very famous little theatre. And, of course, you could hire it the[…]

[…]: And I said, "Oh, well I think I ought to join that," you see. And he nearly fell down when somebody actually volunteered that he wanted to join the union. And so that was it, I joined on the spot and I didn't pay any really very active role until...Alan Lawson : When was that?Gordon McCallum : Tha[…]

[…] films in 1939 and he worked for Alexander Korda, Denham Studios, and he was an electrician then.Sid Cole: He had a lot to do with the running of the union at Denham.Betty Bachelor: He was a convenor there. He became a convenor about three years later, he worked on a lot of productions but when[…]

[…]d some work for, I think it was called GB-I. What was that...Stephen Peet: Gaumont British Instructional.Philip Leacock: Yes. And they were very anti-union. Now that's the first thing I really remember, it was recruiting ACT members [laughs] and that point we weren't announcing that we were doing th[…]

[…] paid for it. Certain unions - I think the Electricians' Union was really powerful at that time - the unions […]

[…] had a lot to do with the running of the union at Denham. Betty Bachelor: He was a convenor there. […]