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Memoirs written by former members of staff to record the memories of those who have worked for either the Guardian or the Observer.

Staff include Guardian photographer Robert Smithies, award-winning Observer food writer Paul Levy and Betty Jerman, who wrote a Guardian fashion column under the name Clair Wilson in the 1950s.

Topics covered include their interviews to join the papers, the effect of the advancement in technology on newspapers and the coverage of foreign affairs with memoirs from Northern Ireland correspondent Hugo Davenport and foreign correspondent Hella Pick.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Account of Robert Kemp's time at the Manchester Guardian, written by his son Arnold Kemp, who himself worked for the Observer from 1999 to 2002 as foreign news editor.

Born in 1908 and studied at Aberdeen University. Worked as a reporter for the Manchester Guardian between 1929 and 1937. The last man to be appointed by CP Scott. Describes friendship with future novelist Howard Spring, also at the paper. Married in 1932. Describes how newsroom still wrote everything by hand and culture of long lunchtimes in the pub. Gravitated towards theatrical criticism. Left the paper in 1937 and went to the BBC.

Administrative/Biographical history: Robert Kemp worked as reporter for the Manchester Guardian from 1929-1937.

Written memoir of Alan Road's time at the Observer from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Hired in 1969 as a sub-editor on the colour magazine, he describes the Observer as a "writer's paper". Became what he calls a "utility player", or an "all-rounder". Sporadic contributions to the sports desk. He was also the first editor of the Young Observer. Avoided executive posts. Describes his greatest scoop as an exclusive on the discovery of the Titanic wreck.

Administrative/Biographical history: Alan Road began contributing to the Observer in 1959 as a freelance Welsh correspondent. He made the front pages covering the Aberfan disaster and subsequent royal visit. He also worked for the new colour magazine at its launch in 1964.

A description of Anthony Smith's first impressions of the newsroom, his job interview with an editor, and his choatic first assignment to Aberdeen to report on blown down trees, all in 1953.

Administrative/Biographical history: Anthony Smith worked as a reporter for the Manchester Guardian from 1953 to 1957.

Memoir written by Brian Jones in which he provides an account of his job interviews in Manchester, first at the Telegraph and then at the Manchester Guardian; appointment as a sub-editor for the Guardian in 1959; his return to the paper in the early 1970s as Northern Editor; the staffing impact of the closure of the News Chronicle in 1960 and subsequent influx of new Guardian staff and his time at Bristol Evening Post and work with ex-News Chronicle reporter Norman Crossland.

Administrative/Biographical history: Joined the Guardian in 1959 and in 1961 he was one of a small number of subeditors who came to London from Manchester to help launch the London print editions of the paper. He left to become editor of the Bath and Wiltshire Evening Chronicle but rejoined the Guardian in 1968 as Production Editor and Assistant Editor. He was responsible for all aspects of the paper's production at night and worked in parallel to John Cole (assistant editor and news editor). Appointed Northern Editor, c January 1973 and became deputy editor in 1975. Retired in 1978. Director of the Guardian Foundation, 1993-98.

In his memoir he describes his interview with Alastair Hetherington in 1971, his desire to work as a show business writer but falling into the role of a holiday relief leader writer, working on a weekly column for several years and eventually working in television. He looks back on his Guardian career fondly.

Administrative/Biographical history: Barry Norman started as a holiday relief leader writer for the Guardian in 1971 before working as weekly columnist until 1980.

Written memoir of David Nicholas's time as a sub-editor for the Observer in the 1950s and 1960s.

He describes joining the paper from the Telegraph (previously at the Yorkshire Post in Leeds). He was given a Saturday job by Ken Obank, managing editor of the paper.

He describes his recollections of working for ITN during the Cuban missile crisis, and subsequent Saturday reporting for the Observer. He also mentions how Africa was the abiding issue for the Observer at the time.

Administrative/Biographical history: David Nicholas worked as a weekend sub-editor for the Observer from 1957 to 1962 or 1963. He was later editor-in-chief, cief executive and then chairman of ITN.

Memoir of Donald Wintersgill's career at the Guardian. He describes the calm and polite atmosphere of the Manchester office, and how staff were allocated a desk for life. He also describes the "elitist ethic", particularly surrounding the writing of editorial pieces. Goes on to mention the public-school atmosphere of the Observer. He puts spelling errors in the Guardian down to under-staffing.

Finally, he discusses his time in the syndication department.

Administrative/Biographical history: Donald Wintersgill joined the Guardian in 1962 and worked as a sub-editor in Manchester, September 1962-March 1964. He then moved to London as a sub-editor on the 'backbench' from 1964 to 1973. He was syndication editor from 1973 to August 1997.

Memoir of Betty Jerman. Topics covered include: joining the Manchester Guardian in 1950; travelling to various shows as part of her fashion column, which she wrote under the name Clair Wilson; her attendance at the Coronation Night Ball at the Savoy and her encounter with the Queen of Tonga.

Administrative/Biographical history: Betty Jerman was the first post-war Guardian fashion and interior design writer. She was recruited from the Foreign Office by Richard Scott and worked first with Richard Fry and Gerard Fay in the London office. Her first fashion items on hats appeared 19 July 1951. She left the paper in 1956.

Recollections of Frank Page's time at the Observer, between 1963 - 1982.

He describes being offered staff jobs by both The Times and The Observer in late 1968, (he chose the Observer because of the "friendliness and intellectual rigour"). He also describes how small the sports desk itself was, aided by the long and impressive list of contributors. He recalls fondly the characters of the time, including Clifford Makins and Hugh Mcllvanney.

Administrative/Biographical history: A journalist since 1952, Frank Page worked as a freelancer for the Observer during the early 1960s. He was sub-editor on the sports pages from 1965 and wrote the occasional feature. From 1969 to 1982 he was full-time staff member on the Observer sports pages. He also worked on the launch of the Yellow Pages in Britain.