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When the war started I was still at school. After two years further education a friend and I applied to the women鈥檚 forces but the WRENS and WAAF had ceased recruiting for the time being. The ATS had a waiting list but required parents permission for under 21鈥檚. Our parents refused this.

After working in a land agency we heard that the 大象传媒 were being evacuated to Bedford so we applied to them and were accepted, starting in administration After that I worked in various departments, including the Music Dept when Sir Adrian Boult and Sir Arthur Bliss were the chief conductors of the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. However, as I had no musical education I thought it was time to change and applied for a vacancy in the Music Productions Dept where I remained for several years.

The head of the dept and chief conductor was Stanford Robinson and our orchestra was the 大象传媒 Theatre Orchestra and Theatre Chorus, trained by John Clements. The other conductor was a young Charles Groves who became a very well known and successful conductor after the war. The orchestra gave many public concerts in Bedford and other towns which were broadcast on the Home Service.

After the war the orchestra returned to London where we had studios in Maida Vale.

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