Alice (Queenie) Turner

[…]om drums to you haddeveloping drums there didn’t you?Well, as I say, when it was the, yes debris. But about 1948 the labs all moved to...Elstree?Elstree.Y es.Well, I didn’t go because I had a son and couldn’t leave with him. But I felt so miserable, didn’t know where to settle, you know, so I w[…]

John Jeffrey

[…]there and look at these rushes again and again. So when it came to The Shining, wasn’t it?  Was his next production. The one that burned down at Elstree. I said to Bob “Well, you know, we need this work, Bob. He’s a great pal of yours” but Bob wouldn’t go near him. I think Bob could’ve got it b[…]

Anne V Coates

[…]rsor. Well, yes, I mean it was just in the, in the Sixties I suppose. Mm. Anyway, it was quite a short film, and I did it, it was at ABPC at Elstree. I don’t remember it. I mean Cyril was very nice to work for, and I knew Dickie Todd from Robin Hood, so, you know, it was a very pleasant int[…]

Joan Kemp-Welch

[…]Poole Street, Islington.Joan Kemp-Welch: This was Lime Grove and this had - I think, this was - no, this was a Paramount and I think that was at Elstree. Would Paramount be at Elstree? I think so.Roy Fowler: Originally, they converted the power house on Poole Street in Islington to a studi[…]

Bernard Vorhaus

BECTU History Project - Interview No. 219[Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: 2003-03-31Interview Date: 1991-10-23Interviewer: Sid ColeInterviewee: Bernard VorhausTape 1, Side 1Sidney Cole: Bernard, Halliwell says you were born in Germany, but I gather that's quite wrong.Bernard Vorhaus: Yes that's […]
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