School For Waiters 1962

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South London.

A light-hearted item about toastmaster Ivor Spencer's six months' waitressing course.

M/S of people eating around a table. The diners are attended to by incompetent waiters who pull chairs from under them, knock them in the head with corks and set fire to things. These...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3182
Sort Number:
CP 417
Time in/Out:
01:16:03:00 / 01:18:34:00
Canister:
CP 417
Film ID:
215.02
Issue Date:
24/12/1962

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  • The man seen at 00:09 is hairdresser Leonard Pountney. I'm assuming he and Ivor Spencer were friends, as I've now seen them appearing together in three clips.

    jamied 1st Jun 2012

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