[…]amp room. Alan Falconer was Shop Steward, and he called in Bessie Bond and after lots of discussion it was agreed that we should be paid bathing time etc. Bessie went in to negotiate with Donald and they worked out an Underground Agreement. And we won. We even got a laundry allowance. You weren't gi[…]
[…]s normal private’s way of life, guarding the beaches at Northumberlandand the countryside at Burford, and marching up and down, 30 mileroute marches, etc.After 15 months I saw another newspaper article, not a newspaperarticles, a small item of news that David MacDonald who had directed twoof the fil[…]
[…]ing to be involved in something like that. He wanted to be part of it and hands on. And he really was at the height of his people with the Goon Show, etc. So he didn't have the time to get involved to the extent that he would want to. So he declined. Time, but he wished us all the very best love, pe[…]
[…]ut. So there's only one thing to do. The CEO had me before him and offered me a photographic course. He said Obviously if you are interested in films etc. I realised this. He was very good. But he said we can't go on this way. I said no we can't. And he said I could best I can do in the airforce off[…]
[…] went back to Rediffusion. He became the Head of Features and, of course, eventually the Director of Programmes and so on, and on to Channel 4, etc. But no doubt the year at the BBC was not a happy one, for him or for the BBC.   Political programmes grew, I suppose, Galle[…]
[…] And every day you had to fill this out any time you went on the air, who read the news, what records you used, what outside people you had, how long etc. etc. and all payments were based on PSBs. So Mr Lovejoy came in and said 'I haven't had your PSBs'. So I said 'Well, I'm terribly sorry Mr Bradsh[…]
