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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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- 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.