[Tech1] Fwd: Re: Memories of Dame Vera Lynn

[Dave Plowman]

Yes - I remember working on the Vera Lynn show and that she was very nice
indeed - not of a trace of the deva about her. Didn't much take to her
husband/manager Harry though, who derided her just out of earshot. And I
got the impression bullied her.

Ditchling must have been a bit of a showbiz hotspot. Donald Sinden lived
there too. Remember dubbing a short he'd made about the history as a sort
of homer. Think to raise money for the church. Happy days.       


In article <840E3ECE93FB40D9BC53071A6AA50E9E at DESKTOP6GGCRV1>,
   David Newbitt via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
> Thoroughly endorse the sentiments expressed here. I too worked on the 1971 series, usually as the boom op. My notes show dates at fortnightly intervals on a Sunday/Monday schedule beginning mid February. Hugh Barker sound mixed — what a really nice bunch of people. I have some NAB spools with bits and pieces somewhere. My father was in the RAF in the war and was billeted for a time at Ditchling before heading off to North Africa. I took him back there for a nostalgia visit sometime in the 1970‘s but didn‘t know at the time that Vera lived there. Mum and Dad worshipped her and would have been tickled pink.

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    Dave Plowman     dave at davesound.co.uk     London SW 12