Ronald Seeth

[…] and I was on the floor and this poor bear was kept all nice and quiet out the back of the scene dock all day. Nice and cosy. Away from all the noise etc. It wasn't there for rehearsals but the poor thing was brought in for the show. I remember, earlier on, I  mentioned about the studio being e[…]

Anne Hanford

[…] television schools programmes.  They did that before the BBC and the BBC were really not best pleased about this because they were planning it, etc. etc. but Associated-Rediffusion did it first.  So, there was quite a lot of work for people who were working on those educational programmes[…]

Gerald Chambers

[…] piece of land from the Earl of Fitzwilliam, because they had found there were outcrops of iron stone and there was a water supply to drive the mills etc. And therefore they in this valley called thorncliffe, they set up this firm of Iam founders, which subsequently developed into pits collar is cok[…]

Edward (Teddy) Carrick (Craig)

[…]e gone to some sort of school to learn to read and write, or did you learn that at home?EC: Well, I learned in that book. It said "Rude" and "Common" etc. That's all I did have, honestly.SC: Was your Mother professional at anything?EC: Yes, my Mother was a violinist. She was what they called a virtu[…]

Mel Faber

[…] marvellous. Unfortunately, many of them didn't put back into the cinemas the money they were making at that time and, after the war, came television etc. and it showed this had been a bad policy. Those that had invested felt the benefit of it when things got tougher.INT There was a time during the […]

Margaret Dale

[…]till at the grammar school-the one you had disliked?MD: Oh yes! Oh yes! I was constantly having to ask the headmistress for permission to be away etc etc. When I came to leaving school, she was quite decent. I joyfully left school before I was fourteen and came to London to join Vic Wells Ballet Sch[…]
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