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112 results found for '"Reminiscence"' in Keywords.
US Eagles recollect WW2 (1976)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Christopher Hourmouzious tours the RAF Museum in Hendon, London with veteran pilots of the US Eagles squadrons that joined the RAF before the USA officially joined the war. They see Second World War aircraft...
Londoners on the Blitz (1976)
- Genre
- Feature; Interview; Special
Christopher Hourmouzious talks to East Londoners about their personal experiences during the Blitz. A book by Professor Tom Harrison, entitled Living Through the Blitz, and based on oral histories, is the...
Market traders at Nine Elms market remember Covent Garden (1977)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Market traders at Nine Elms market remember the old Covent Garden market. They talk about their thoughts of the new market, how they treat women in the market, they tell stories of local personalities and...
Earl Mountbatten recollects Indian independence (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with The Last Viceroy of India, Earl Mountbatten, recalling the transfer of power of India from Great Britain to the Indians in 1947 and why he chose the date of 15/08/47 (30 years ago today)....
Lucie Clayton Modelling Agency (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Leslie Kark, proprietor of the Lucie Clayton Colleges in their sixties heyday, reminisces about Jean Shrimpton, Mandie James, Fiona Campbell-Walter and talks about the end of the related...
Sir John Smyth receives VC (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Sir John Smyth talks about being awarded the Victoria Cross in May 1979 at the age of 86.
John Cat’s Eyes Cunningham (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Conversation with John Cat’s Eyes Cunningham, ex-fighter pilot and test pilot and recently recipient of the Segrave Trophy. Male interviewer not identified.
The London interview (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
In this edition Tricia Ingrams talks to an unidentified female (poss. called ? Goldstein) about her attempt to plot the history of Greenwich, based on her memories and her parents’ memories, for the...
Elaine Ellas reminisces (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Author Elaine Ellas(?) reminisces about the Festival of Britain in 1951 following publication of her new book. Female interviewer not identified.
Our kind of town (1979)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Jingle
Our Kind of Town, presented by Keith Howell. In this edition part 1 examines the textile industry or rag trade that was traditionally based in the area of central London between Oxford Circus and Tottenham...