Prince Charles visited Pebble Mill at some point in the mid 1980s. Here are a couple of memories from staff who remember the visit. Tracy Crump, ‘I remember Charles coming. I worked in the kitchens. Eileen Bywater was my boss. I remember having to make chilled watercress soup.’ Marie Phillips, ‘I remember Prince Charles coming [...]
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Tagged as: Eileen Bywater,Marie Phillips,Pebble Mill,Prince Charles,Tracy Crump | Posted in: Blog, Building, Memories
Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission. Thanks to Jane Mclean for making the photo available. The photo was taken at Keith Salmon’s get together at the Saracen’s in 2010. Included are: John Smith, John Endall, Yvonne Ackrill, Keith Ackrill, Jim Dumighan, Roy Ronnie, Margaret & Brian Barton, Gordon White, Keith Salmon, [...]
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Tagged as: Bob Jacobs,Brian Barton,Dave Ballantyne,Dave Bushell,dave doogood,Gordon White,James French,Jane Mclean.,Janet Collins,Jim Dumighan,John Abbott,John Couzens,John Endall,John Kimberley,John Smith,Kath Woolston,Keith Ackrill,Keith Bullock,Keith Salmon,Margaret Barton,Mark Kershaw,Phil Wilson,Roy Ronnie,Toby Horwood,Tony Wolfe,Wilf Welch,Yvonne Ackrill | Posted in: Blog, Building, Memories, Photos
Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission. These pages are taken from the Midlands News 1992 (regional internal BBC newsletter). This two page spread is about the expansion of Pebble Mill’s, Radio 2, Popular Music Department. Also included is how Pebble Mill’s Radio 3, Serious Music Department, has escaped the cut backs [...]
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Tagged as: Caroline Kirkland,Chris Marshall,Elizabeth Simmonds,Geoffrey Hewitt,Jane Ward,Marie Phillips,Midland Light Orchestra,Midlands News,Pebble Mill,Popular music,Radio 2 | Posted in: Blog, Building, Memories, Network, Radio
My first job at the BBC was a dream. It was so much fun I came in on my days off – even though it meant a train and bus journey. And I wasn’t the only one. Imagine having a job where Tom Jones or Naomi Campbell ask you if they look ok. Seeing Bob [...]
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Tagged as: Benazir Bhutto,Clothes Show,David Hasslehoff,Fighting Back,Hazel O'Connor,Pebble Mill at One,Roger Cassltes | Posted in: Blog, Building, Factual, Memories, Television
Photo copyright resides with the original holder. It was Belfast comic, Frank Carson’s funeral today. Stephen Davies remembers that one December, Frank Carson was a guest on ‘Pebble Mill at One’ and afterwards went to the staff canteen. It was the day of [...]
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Tagged as: Caroline Officer,Englebert Humperdinck,Frank Carson,Pebble Mill at One | Posted in: Blog, Building, Factual, Memories, Television
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