On Tue, 20 May 2008 19:19:47 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
Seeing this all again brought back memories. I visited the EMI factory
many times in the 1970s. In fact there was little difference between
the EMI, CBS and Decca factories. I also paid a visit to the old Saga
factory at Kensal Rise, and the factory of Charles Rumble (yes really!)
down in sunny Surrey.

In the '60s a pal of mine who was a trainee cameraman at the BBC got the
chop. Dunno why as he appeared pretty promising at his job, and a nice
chap to boot. I'd guess a personality clash on his crew or whatever.

He then got a night shift job doing pretty well everything at Saga -
certainly the pressing, but I'm not sure about cutting.

His name was Reg Smythe. Often wondered what happened to him - I moved out
of the house in Westbourne Park Villas which was near totally occupied by
BBC types.

Didn't he get a more lucrative job drawing Andy Capp cartoons?

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