[…]lastics but I never quite knew what it whatever happened to Gordon in the end of the day he Yeah, he did enough a bit but he was he wouldn't join the union because he did the approval. You guys remember that? Because in those days, you know Ron, who was a shop Joe went around says Would you like to […]
[…] that I get to see some of the real early TV people who are colleagues of mine. People like Bill Ward and Basil Adams. And who else was at the last reunion, how many people Yvonne Littlewood who was a contemporary of mine, and some of the very early producers and directors, I'd venture to suggest th[…]
[…]l nowadays. And people would think it was alarming. But at the time it was marvelous, it was wonderful.DR: Did you have anything to do with the trade unions.WT: Not really, I just joined them,DR: Were you an Equity person rather than aWT: Yes, all of them, I have to be all of them. And you see when […]
[…]erms because elf has done and I would like to put this on record has done sterling work a technical no doubt about it. To many many people he was the union. He was there's no doubt about it I can recall lots of branch meetings at which there was a lot of agitation and sales will know quite a few hot[…]
[…]p;5:53 Was What was that?Paddy Carey 5:55 That was on the average, which john was involved in?John Taylor 6:00 The Euro union went to Nepal. Yes,Paddy Carey 6:02 yes. Myself and Leon claw. We only went after the mountain was actually climbed. Because I think[…]
[…]can suddenly appear and be nominated for an Academy Award, there is something in that system of film making, and we can't do it now... because of the union trouble. So that it means that a vital form, a powerful form of expression on the screen, is denied it, which is tragic. And not only that, the […]
[…]hink it’s public space. And they were leafleting the little organisation called... I’ve forgotten what it was called now, but it was to do with trade union rights, and they were leafleting the area and we went in and we just followed them in, which I didn’t think we did more than that. So that was a[…]
[…]arely will you be offered a wage rise. You will get it because you're better than anybody else or because you're defended by other people, by a trade union agreement. Now the tragedy of that is that you have to have a sense of responsibility isn't it?Alan Lawson: Hmm.Cyril Pennington-Richards:&[…]
[…]ry nice camel man called galley Hatchard, who came to me in Pinewood when I'd been there a week or two, and said, We think that you ought to join the union. I said, praise be. Somebody suggested it and joined and got a card, and straight away, and there wasn't any King's regulations about it either.[…]
