[…] projectionist?Eddie Dryhurst: Yeah, most of them were moonlighting. Er, I think the projectionists were also moonlighting, yes.Roy Fowler: Were they union members already at that stage?Eddie Dryhurst: There were no unions in those days.Roy Fowler: Not at all, not even for the projectionists?Eddie D[…]
[…]as it was, clearly now couldn't possibly be. But that was my first enrolment and then of course when I became a member of the BBC I had to resign the union. We weren't allowed to be a member of the union if you joined the Corporation.Alan Lawson 12:38 Have you any recollections[…]
[…] made by Turnward and Newell [?] of Norwich. Involved in Union activity throughout his career, he also gives a very […]
[…] stopping him from taking the most outrageously autocratic actions vis-a-vis unions which would immediately have caused a strike. He could […]
[…] industrial relations; role of the ACTT; the Newsreel Agreement; National Union of Journalists. Section 4: World War Two and immediate […]
[…]d when you come out of the Army, give me a ring and I'll see what I can do to help. I did give him a ring, but he had forgotten me. I met him through union business later on. The cinema was still following me, because I was then posted to London District Signal Squadron. It was my first qualified po[…]
[…]ting. She was a darling, I like her so much.GS: When you say you got a job here and there, was there any formal facility for getting one, was there a union.DA: Yes, there was a union and I joined the union, and I remained a member of the union for a long time, this was in the States, they didn't hav[…]
[…]useI don't see a lot of need for a huge team. I must say over the years we have been associated with the unions we have never had a hard time with them, a really hard time, I think the idea was you keep the men hap[…]
[…]n't know. But I'll tell you one thing which was awfully good in those days, we could all learn our jobs without any barriers. I don't mean this anti -union. But I'm just pointing what I did, for instance, I was able to go and work in the cutting room, being a writer, being gag man on the set. I coul[…]
[…]ilm services during the war. Thorold Dickinson, after I'd been there, he was very friendly and said I think it would be a good idea if you joined the union, we haven't got too many members but it will one day be very important for you. Would you like to, I'm not going to push you or anything, would […]
