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WEP/5 · Series · 1960-1969
Part of William Papas Collection

Corrrespondents include: Harry Whewell; Joe Minogue; Alastair Hetherington; Paddy Monkhouse; Rab Butler; Francis Boyd; Laurence Scott; Jo Grimond; Pam Powell; Ruth Marples; Alexander Weymouth; Barbara Castle; Roy Jenkins; William Davis.

 Papas; William Elias (1927-2000); cartoonist
Dennis Johnson
GUA/6/1/1/1/4/8/54 · File · 1961-1990
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Records relating to the employment of Dennis Johnson at the Guardian as a reporter (1961-1967), reporter and night desk deputy (1968-1975) and west country correspondent (1975-1989).

Includes a photocopy of Johnson's editorial registration form (1961); correspondence with Harry Whewell concerning his appointment at the Guardian as a reporter (1961); Staff changes forms (1961-1989); correspondence with Alastair Hetherington concerning his voluntary redundancy (1967); correspondence with Brian Redhead (northern editor) concerning his re-appointment at the Guardian as a reporter and night desk deputy (1968); notes concerning Johnson's work on special projects to restyle the Guardian Weekly in magazine format and the production of a house magazine for North Print (1969); correspondence with Geoffrey Taylor (northern editor) concerning pay (1969-1970) and coverage of the midlands, (1970); and correspondence with editors Alastair Hetherington (1969-1970) and Peter Preston (1975-1990) concerning pay (1969-1989); investigations into the comparative cost to the public of building council houses on city sites (1969), appointment as west country correspondent (1975), coverage of the Bristol riots (1986) and early retirement (1989-1990).
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)
Harry Whewell
Harry Whewell
OHP/99 · File · March 1998-November 2001
Part of Oral history project

Interview with Harry Whewell, Northern editor for the Guardian. Conducted on two separate occasions, 12 March 1998 by Leslie Plommer and 2 November 2001 by Helen Carter. Also includes two data sheets containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1 - recorded 12 March 1998
Track 1
00.11 Brief outline of Harry's career by Leslie Plommer
01.11 Joined the Guardian in 1950
01.18 Describes the office atmosphere as open and friendly
03.06 Involved in coverage of the Labour Party Conferences from his early days
04.35 Being addressed by his surname by senior members of staff, public school feel
06.00 Paper rationing in the 1950s - trying to write as little as possible
06.19 In rationing time, newspapers were 10-12 pages in the week, 12-16 pages at the weekend.
07.40 Started work at 11am, first job was to discuss the previous days paper
08.00 Describes a typical day which finished in the office at 5.30pm and continued in the pub until 7.30-8pm
09.45 No telephones in the reporters room

10.30 Involvement with sub-editing his own work
11.34 Guardian presence at Labour Party Conferences
14.14 Division between editorial and advertising departments
16.22 Advertising in the paper and Suez crisis
19.16 Northern Ireland coverage from 1969

21.12 Coverage of the Coronation and trying to fly over London
22.40 Manchester had the best 'ethos writers' and these were lent to London
24.03 Guardian style of questioning was gentlemanly
24.36 Anecdotes about A.P. Wadsworth, editor at the time he joined
28.28 Working for Alastair Hetherington [Wadsworth's successor]
29.50 Hetherington and the move from Manchester to London

30.27 Hetherington, Gerard Fay [London editor] and the Profuma affair
32.45 Paper and social attitudes changing in the 1970s
36.25 The move to London and how papers can be distributed quicker from London
37.26 Increased readership in the South and by Nazi refugees from a professional background

Disc 2:
Track 1
00.52 Trying to increase readership by targeting University students
03.57 Discusses well-known back page writers
06.15 Anecdotes about Ms Linford, combined women's editor, features editor and picture editor

12.03 Describes the layout of the library where farewells took place
12.36 Anecdote about a previous colleague, Steven Parkinson
16.14 Everyone thought they could do the editors job
16.42 Unusual suggestions/inventions sent in by Guardian readers

25.04 Mary Crozier and reviewing commercial television
27.18 Employing new graduates to write for the Guardian in return for a credit in the paper
29.45 'Had a lot of laughs at this paper, Wonderful things happened'

Disc 3 - recorded 2 November 2001
Track 1
Test

Track 2
00.25 Starting at the Guardian and being the paper's last cotton correspondent
02.05 Hired by Wadsworth
03.40 Paper rationing and 'tersid' writing
04.30 Worked on sloping desks - typewriter would slide down the desk as you typed
05.15 Started day at about 11am
05.43 At about 12.30 staff went out for a drink until approx 2pm
06.59 The Guardian was like 'the life of retired gentleman'
08.29 Common room atmosphere in the office
09.14 Lawrence Scott had tea about 4 pm and anyone could sit and talk to him

10.07 Writing articles by hand
10.58 Fewer staff in the reporting room after the war
14.04 Anecdote about Whewell and a Guardian London correspondent covering the same story

Track 3
00.09 Assistant Editor John Anderson's campaign to run haikus
01.50 Bernard Levin reporting on commercial television
03.40 Enjoyed covering conferences

Track 4
00.48 How carbon copies were hung up at conferences and reporters from other papers read them
02.10 Got 3s 6d tea money everyday - not everyone used this for tea
04.58 The move to London and what made the Guardian different from other regional newspapers
07.30 Circulation figures at the time of the move to London
09.38 Coverage of the Profumo affair

12.13 Alternatives to London printing
12.52 Suggestions for making the paper smaller with more intellectual content
15.26 Teletype setting system devised by a man Lawrence Scott met at Crewe station
16.00 Enjoyed visiting Universities and hiring people
19.41 Industrial trouble and strikes

20.15 Became news editor aged about 40
22.19 How Whewell was perceived as a boss
23.22 Guardian writing style and the style book
25.18 Shared an office with the Northern correspondent for the Times

Track 5
Test

Track 6
00.56 Free trips on newly launched ships from Manchester
04.41 Most important stories covered were the elections
07.30 Feelings about the paper moving to London
09.23 Sending copy to the composing room through tubes or via wires and pulleys

11.09 Role as duty editor
15.25 Politics of the paper re. Ireland, Vietnam, Israel
19.50 The relationship between Gerard Fay and Alastair Hetherington

21.45 Ways of getting money into the paper [ends abruptly]

Disc 4:
Track 1
00.30 Anecdote about CP Scott and greyhound racing
06.08 Money making schemes and the possibility of a relationship between the Guardian and Granada TV
08.38 Proposal by Great Universal Stores to put money into the Guardian

 Whewell; Harry Hodges (1923-2013); journalist
Manchester office
GUA/6/1/3/2/2/28 · File · May 1986 - October 1989
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Correspondence between Ken Dodd and the Guardian's Manchester office staff concerning production and staff issues, including copyright, a suggestion for a brain teaser column, staff expenses and the policy of not reporting bomb hoaxes, May 1986 - October 1989.

Correspondents include: Ken Dodd, John Perkin, Tom Sharratt, John Course and Harry Whewell.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd
Manchester office
GUA/6/1/4/1/4/32 · File · March 1982 - September 1985
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Internal correspondence relating to the Guardian's Manchester office, including: printing quality, May 1982; advertising, May 1982; staff appointments, July 1982 - December 1982; David Turner illustrations, September 1982; experiments using Corona font, October 1982; editorial changes to the Saturday Guardian, November 1982; changes to TV listings, October 1982 - June 1984; copyright issues, February 1983; motoring article suggestions, May 1983; reader complaints, July 1983; a request for telex operator training, September 1983; office working conditions, February 1984 - March 1984; picture reproduction, March 1984; printing presses, November 1984 and crossword formats, September 1985.

Correspondents include: Ian Wright, Harry Whewell, John Holmwood, John Course and Roy Harry.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright
Manchester Staff
GUA/6/1/2/1/1/45 · File · 24 January 1985 - 16 September 1985
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Internal and external correspondence relating to staff at the Manchester office.

Main correspondents are Peter Cole and Martyn Halsall and Harry Whewell
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Cole
Picture library files for personalities beginning with W
OBS/6/9/2/6/W · Sub-series · c1950-c2000
Part of Records of The Observer newspaper

Files of prints of the following individuals:

Box 1:
Waddington, David
Waddington, Leslie
Wade, Joe
Wade, Lord
Waggoner, Dan (Set by Jane Bown)
Wagman, William
Wagner, Gillian (Set by Jane Bown)
Wagner, Wolfgang
Wagoner, Dan (Set by Jane Bown)
Wagou, Dragou
Wain, John (Including sets by Peter Keen and Godfrey Macdominic)
Wainright, Alfred
Wainwright, Hilary
Wainwright 3rd, Loudon
Wainwright, Martin (Staff)
Wainwright, Richard (Including set by Jane Bown)
Waite, Terry
Wajda, Andzej
Wakefield, Richard (Set by Jane Bown)
Wakeham, John
Wakelam, Stephen
Wakeman, Rick
Walcott, Derek (Including set by Eamonn McCabe)
Walden, Brian (Including set by Jane Bown and an illustration by an unknown artist)
Walden, George
Waldegrave, William (Including set by Jane Bown and Neil Libbert)
Walesa, Lech
Walford, Glen
Walford, Peggy
Walker, Sir Alan (Set by Sally Soames)
Walker, Alice
Walker, Bill (Including set by Jane Bown)
Walker, David
Walker, George A
Walker, Harold
Walker, Martin (Staff)
Walker, Patrick G

box 2:
Walker, Peter
Walker, Rob
Walker, Rodney
Walker, Rudolph (Including set by Jane Bown)
Walker, Sarah
Walker, Tim (Staff)
Walker, Tony
Wall, David
Wall, Jeff
Wall, Max (Including set by Peter Johns)
Wall, Michael
Wall, Pat
Wallace, Babel (Set by Jane Bown)
Wallace, Colin
Wallace, George
Wallace, Irving
Wallace, James *
Wallace, John (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wallace, Marjorie (Author) (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wallace, Marjorie (Miss World)
Wallace, Naomi
Wallace, Vivienne
Wallenda, Karl
Waller, Robert James
Walley, Joan
Walley, Richard
Wallfisch, Rafael
Wallinger, Mark
Wallis, Bill (Including set by Neil Libbert)
Wallis, Edmund A (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wallis, Hal (Set by Karsh)
Walmer, Christian
Walmsley, Christopher
Walmsley, Nigel
Walser, Martin
Walsh, Dermot (Set by Houston Rogers)
Walsh, John (Including set Jane Bown)
Walter, Harriet
Walter, Natasha
Walter, Richard (Staff)
Walters, Sir Alan
Walters, Ian
Walters, Julie
Walters, Peter (Including set by Jane Bown)

box 3:
Walters, Sam (Including set by Jane Bown)
Walton, Cedar
Walton, Stephen
Walton, Sir William (Including Jane Bown and Erich Auerbach)
Wambaugh, Joseph
Wa Wamwere, Koigi
Wanamaker, Sam
Wanamaker, Zoe
Wandor, Michelene (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wang, Wayne
Warburg, Frederic (Set by Godfrey Macdominic)
Wapshott, Nicholas (Staff)
Warchus, Matthew (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward, Christopher
Ward, Claire
Ward, David (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward, Dorothy (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward, Ian (Set by Eamonn McCabe)
Ward, Dame Irene
Ward, Judith
Ward, John
Ward, Mrs Kate (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward, Lalla (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward, Peter
Ward, Rachel
Ward, Ronald
Ward, Simon (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward-Jackson, Adrian (Set by Jane Bown)
Ward-Jackson, Barbara (Staff)
Ward-Jouve, Nichol
Ward-Thomas, Pat (Staff)
Ward-Thompson, Graham (Set by Jane Bown)
Warhol, Andy (Sets by Lorrie Graham, Frank Martin, John Wildgoose, Martin Argles and Kenneth Saunders and E Hamilton West)
Waring, Sir Bertram (Set by Lotte Meitner-Graf)
Warlock, Derek (Set by Jane Bown)
Warner, David (Including sets by Neil Libbert and David Newell Smith)
Warner, Deborah
Warner, Jeremy
Warner, Keith
Warner, Marina
Warnock, Baroness Mary (Including set by Jane Bown)
Warrell-Thompson, Anthony
Warren, Earl (Sets by Jane Bown and Karsh)
Warren, Kenneth
Warren, Tony

box 4:
Warwick, Diana
Washington, Denzel
Wass, Sir Douglas (Set by Jane Bown)
Wassenstein, Wendy (Set by Jane Bown)
Watanabe, Yoko
Waterhouse, Keith
Waterman, Fanny
Waterman, Pete
Waters, Elsie and Doris (Set by Don McPhee)
Waters, Felur (Set by Jane Bown)
Waters, Les
Waterson Sam
Waterstone, Tim
Watkins, Alan (Staff)
Watkins, Lovelace
Watkins, Paul
Watkins, Susan
Watkinson, Lord
Watkinson, David (Staff)
Watson, David
Watson, Catherine (Staff)
Watson, Graham (Set by Jane Bown)
Watson, Dr James
Watt, Tom
Watteu, Natasha
Watts, Andre
Watts, Janet (Staff)
Watts, John
Watts, Murray
Waugh, Auberon (Including sets by Jane Bown and Nobby Clark)
Waugh, Daisy (Set by Jane Bown)
Waugh, Evelyn (Including sets by Jane Bown, Karsh, and Mark Gerson)
Wavell, General Archibald (Set by Karsh)
Wavell, Stuart (Guardian Staff)
Wax, Ruby
Wayne, John (Set by Kenneth Saunders)
Weale, Sally (Staff)
Wearing, Gillian (Set by Jane Bown)
Wearing, Michael (Set by Neil Libbert)
Weatherill, Bernard (Including set by Jane Bown)
Weathers, Felicia
Weaver, Sigourney (Set by Nobby Clark)
Webb, Anthony (Set by Peter Johns)
Webb, Colin
Webb, Justin
Webb, Kaye
Webb, Marti (Set by Jane Bown)
Webb, Bill (Staff)
Weber, Beate
Webley, Mrs (Set by Jane Bown)
Webster, Martin
Webster, Paul
Webster, Paul (Guardian Staff)
Webster, Paul (Observer Staff)
Webster, Ronald (Set by Bryn Campbell)
Webster, William
Wedgwood, Lady (Set by Jane Bown)
Weeks, Honeysuckle (Set by Jane Bown)
Weeks, Judith (Set by Jane Bown)
Weetch, Kenneth
Weidenfeld, Lord (Sets by Jane Bown, Peter Keen and Sue Adler)

box 5:
Weighell, Sidney
Weight, Prof Carel
Weightman, J G (Michael Peto)
Weinberg, Steven
Weinburger, Caspar
Weinstock, Lord
Weir, Gillian
Weir, Judith
Weir, Richard (Including set by Jane Bown)
Weiss, George
Weisselberg, Tom (Set by Jane Bown)
Weisz, Rachel
Weizman, Ezer
Welch, Elizabeth (Including set by Jane Bown)
Welch, Julie (Staff)
Welch, Raquel (Sets by David Newell Smith and Peter Johns)
Welch, Robin
Weldon, Fay (Including sets by Jane Bown, Nobby Clark, John Reardon, Richard Mildenhall and Peter Johns)
Welensky, Sir Roy (Including sets by Jane Bown, Stuart Heydinger and Phillip Jones Griffiths)
Welensky, Ron
Welford, Heather (Staff)
Welland, Colin
Wellbeloved, James
Weller, Denise
Weller, Walter
Welles, Orson (Sets by Jack Nisberg and Michael Peto)
Wells, H G (Sets by Karsh and E O Hoppe)
Wells, John
Welsh, Irvine (Including set of transparencies)
Wenders, Wim
Wenham, Brian (Set by Jane Bown)
Wenner, Jann (Set by Karsh)
Wentworth, Richard
Werner Henze, Hans
Wertenbaker, timberlake (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wertmuller, Lena
Wesker, Arnold
Wesley, Mary (Including set by Jane Bown)
West, Harry
West, Morris
West, Dame Rebecca
West, Sam (Sets by Jane Bown, Martin Goodwin and Eamonn McCabe)
West, Stephen (Set by Jane Bown)

box 6:
West, Timothy (Including sets by Jane Bown and Nobby Clark)
Westbrook, Mike & Kate (Including set by Jane Bown)
Westminster, Duke of
Weston, Garfield (Including set by Jane Bown)
Weston, Simon (Including set by Jane Bown)
Weston, Willard (Set by Karsh)
Wexham, Brian (Staff)
Wexler, Haskell (Set by Neil Libbert)
Weymouth, Lord
Wezensky, Roy
Wha-Chung, Kyung
Wharton, Michael (Set by Jane Bown)
Wheat, Sue (Guardian Writer)
Wheeler, Charles
Wheeler, Kenny
Wheeler, Sir Mortimer (Set by Bryn Campbell)
Wheeler, Sarah
Wheeler, Tony
Wheen, Francis (Staff)
Wheldon, Huw (Including sets by Jane Bown and Peter Keen)
Whewell, Harry (Guardian Staff)
Whicker, Alan
Whiley, Jo (Set by Eamonn McCabe)
Whishaw, Anthony
Whitaker, James
Whitaker, Forest
Whitburn, Vanessa, (Including set by Jane Bown)
Whitby, Anthony
White, Aidan
White, Chris
White, Edmund (Including set by Jane Bown)
White, Baroness
White, Lord Gordon
White, Hannah (Set by Jane Bown)
White, Jim (Staff)
White, Marco Pierre (Including set by Jane Bown)
White, Michael (Including sets by Jane Bown and Nobby Clark)
White, Michael (Staff)
White, Patrick
White, Phyllis
White, Willard (Including set by Eamonn McCabe)
Whitehead, Sir Edgar
Whitehead, Rachel (Including set by Jane Bown)
Whitehouse, Mary (Including set by Jane Bown)
Whitelaw, Billie (Including set by Jane Bown, Nobby Clark and Michael Peto)

box 7:
Whitelaw, William (Including sets by Jane Bown, David Newell Smith, Bryn Campbell, Don McPhee and un-named illustration)
Whiteley, G (Staff)
Whiteley, RIchard
Whiteread, Pat (Set by Jane Bown)
Whiteread, Rachel
Whitfield, June
Whitfield, Patrick (Set by Jane Bown)
Whiting, John (Image by David Sim)
Whiting, Leonard
Whitlam, Gough
Whitney, John (Including set by Jane Bown)
Whittaker, Sheila
Whittam-Smith, Andreas
Whittle, Sir Frank
Wigg, Lord (Including set by Jane Bown and David Newell Smith)
Whitty, Larry (Including set by Jane Bown)
Whylie, Dwight
Wicks, Ben (Staff)
Widdecombe, Ann (Including set by Jane Bown)
Widdecombe, Gillian (Staff)
Widerberg, Bo
Widgery, David (Jane Bown)
Wiesel, Elie (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wiggin, Jerry
Wigley, Dafydd
Wilbur, Bob
Wilby, Peter (Staff)
Wilcox, Desmond
Wilcox, Paul (Staff)
Wilcox, Paula
Wild, David
Wild, Jude E
Wilde, Dee Dee
Wilder, Billy (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilder, Gene
Wilding, Michael
Wilkins, Gordon (Staff) (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilkins, Margaret (Set by Jane Bown)

box 8:
Wilkinson, Alan
Wilkinson, Peter
Wilkinson, Tom
Wilkonirski, Binjamin
Willard, Barbara
Willetts, David (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Andy
Williams, Prof Bernard
Williams, Mrs Betty
Williams, Bruce
Williams, Clifford
Williams, Emlyn (Theatre) (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Emlyn
Williams, Dr Eric
Williams, Evelyn (Set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Francis (Staff)
Williams, Gordon
Williams, rev H A (Set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Hugo
Williams, Joe
Williams, John
Williams, Kenneth
Williams, Kit (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Laverne (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Len
Williams, Linda (Set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Lindy
Williams, Louise (Staff)
Williams, Michael
Williams, Nigel (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Pat (Staff)
Williams, Percy (Set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Richard (Staff)
Williams, Richard (Illustrator)
Williams, Robin (Including set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Archbishop Rowan (Set by Jane Bown)
Williams, Shirley (1967-81) (Including sets by Don McPhee, Neil Libbert, Frank Martin, Kenneth Saunders and an unsigned illustration)
Williams, Shirley (1982) (Including sets by Jane Bown and Neil Libbert, and an unsigned illustration)
Williams, Simon
Williams, Tennessee (Including sets by Jane Bown and Peter Johns)
Williams-Ellis, Anabel (Set by Peter Johns)
Williams-Ellis, Clough
Williamson, Prof Bob (Set by Jane Bown)
Williamson, David
Williamson, Malcolm
Williamson, Matthew
Williamson, Nicol
Williamson, Peter (Set by Jane Bown)
Williamson, Richard (Set by Jane Bown)
Williamson, Sonny 'Boy' (Set by Ray Green)
Williamson, Steve
Williamson, Sir Tom (Including sets by Don McCullin, Michael Peto and Philip Jones Griffiths)

box 9:
Willis, John
Willis, Miss (Set by Jane Bown)
Willis, Norman (Including sets by Jane Bown, Don McPhee, Dennis Thorpe, Roger Hutchings and Judah Passow)
Willis, Paul
Willis, Robert (Set by Peter Keen)
Willner, Hal (Richard Mildenhall)
Willock, Colin (Staff)
Willocks, Tim (Set by Jane Bown)
Willsher, Brian
Wilmer, Clive
Wilmot, Gary (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilmot-Sitwell, Peter (Including set by Jane Bown)
Winfrey, Oprah
Wilson, AN (Including sets by Jane Bown and Eamonn McCabe)
Wilson, Sir Alan (Don McCullin and Stuart Heydinger)
Wilson, Alexander (Sets by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Alfred (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Amrit (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Andrew (Staff)
Wilson, Angus (Including sets by Jane Bown and David Sim)
Wilson, August
Wilson, Brian (Including set by Murdo MacLeod)
Wilson, Charles (Newspaper editor)
Wilson, Charles, (Set by Karsh) (US Defence Secretary)
Wilson, Christopher
Wilson, Prof Colin
Wilson, Colin (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, David (Staff)
Wilson, Des (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Gerald
Wilson, Gerald 7 Gareth (Set by Frank Martin)
Wilson, Gordon
Wilson, Harold (1960-63) (Including sets by Don McCullin and Phillip Jones Griffiths)

box 10:
Wilson, Harold (1964-1966) (Including sets by Stuart Heydinger, Colin Jones, David Newell Smith, Peter Johns, Sally Soames, Ian Berry and Ray Green)
Wilson, Harold (1967-69) (Including sets by David Newell Smith, Stuart Heydinger, Bryn Campbell, Neil Libbert and Chris Smith)
Wilson, Harold (1970-73) (Including sets by Jane Bown, Peter Johns, Frank Martin, David Newell Smith, Bryn Campbell)
Wilson, Harold (1974) (Including sets by Jane Bown, Peter Johns, E Hamilton West, Don McPhee, David Newell Smith, Frank Martin, Kenneth Saunders, Neil Libbert, Anthony Vincent, and Derek Cattani)
Wilson, Harold (1975) (Including sets by Peter Johns, Robert Smithies, Kenneth Saunders, E Hamilton West, Frank Martin and Don Mcphee)
Wilson, Harold (1976) (Including sets by Peter Johns, Frank Martin, E Hamilton West, Eamonn McCabe, Kenneth Saunders and Don McPhee)

box 11:
Wilson, Harold (1977-95) (Including Memorial Service)
Wilson, Jaqueline
Wilson, Kevin (Staff)
Wilson, Lisa (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Mary (Including sets by Jane Bown, David Newell Smith, E Hamilton West, Peter Johns and Kenneth Saunders)
Wilson, Max (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Paul (Staff)
Wilson, Paul (Staff)
Wilson, Sir Richard (Cabinet Secretary)
Wilson, Richard (Actor)
Wilson, Richard (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Richard (Staff)
Wilson, Robert (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Robert Anton (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Sandy (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Scottie (Set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Snoo (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wilson, Tony (Set by Ged Murray including transparencies)
Wilton, Penelope (Including set by Nobby Clark)
Wiltshire, Stephen
Wincer, Simon
Winchester, Simon (Including set by Jane Bown)
Windsor, Barbara (Including sets by Neil Libbert and Peter Johns)
Wing, Anna
Winn, Denise (Set by Jane Bown)
Winner, Michael (Including sets by Jane Bown, Eamonn McCabe and E Hamilton West)
Winstanley, Michael (Including set by Jane Bown)
Winston, Dr Robert (Including sets by Frank Martin and Eamonn McCabe)
Winstone, Ray
Wint, Guy (Staff)
Winter-Bottom, Michael
Winters, Bernie
Winters, Shelley
Winterson, Jeanette (Including set by Jane Bown)
Winton, Tim (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wintour, Charles
Wintour, Eleanor (Set by Jane Bown)*
Wintour, Patrick (Staff)
Wireko, Joe (Set by Jane Bown)
Wisdom, Norman (Including set by Don McPhee)
Wise, Audrey (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wise, Ernie
Wise, Robert
Witheroe, John
Withers, Bill
Witt, Rev Howell (Set by Jane Bown)
Wiwa, Ken
Wodehouse, P G (Agency)
Wodiczko, Krzysztof
Woerner, Manfred

box 12:
Wogan, Terry (Including set by Jane Bown)
Woldridge, Max (Observer writer)
Wolf, Naomi
Wolf, Rita
Wolfe, Brian (Set by Tony McGrath)
Wolfe, Tom
Wolfenden, Lord John
Wolff, Dr Charlotte
Wolff, Prof Heinz
Wolff, Tobias
Wolfit, Sir Donald
Wolfit, Margaret (Set by Jane Bown)
Wolfson, Sir Brian (Including set by Sally Soames
Wollaston, Sam (Guardian staff)
Wolmar, Christian (Set by Jane Bown)
Womack, Cecil and Linda
Wombles, The
Wonder, Stevie (Sets by Tony Prime and Allan Titmuss)
Wong, David
Wontner, Sir Hugh (Set by Ian Bradshaw)
Woo, John
Wood, Charles
Wood, David
Wood, Deirdre
Wood, Derek (Set by Jane Bown)
Wood, Sir Fred (Including sets by Jane Bown, Eamonn McCabe and David Newell Smith)
Wood, Georgie
Wood, Hugh
Wood, John (Including set by Nobby Clark)
Wood, Sir Ken (Set by Sally Soames)
Wood, Michael
Wood, Mrs Muriel (Set by Jane Bown)
Wood, Peter
Wood, Bishop Richard (Set by Jane Bown)
Wood, Tricia
Wood, Victoria
Wood, Wilfred
Woodcock, Clive (Guardian staff)
Woodcock, George (Set by Robert Smithies)
Woodcock, George (Including sets by David Newell Smith, Neil Libbert, Tony McGrath, Eric Wadsworth and Peter Johns)
Woodcock, Leonard
Woodeson, Nicholas (Portarit by Richard Mildenhall)
Woodford, Guy
Woodham, Dai (Set by Jane Bown)
Woodhead, Chris
Woodhead, Leslie
Woodhouse, Adrian (Set by Jane Bown)
Woodhouse, Barbara (Including set by Jane Bown)
Woodhouse, Gary (Staff)
Woodlawn, Holly (Including set by Jane Bown)
Woodrow, Bill
Woodrow Wyatt, Lord (Including sets by Jane Bown, David Newell Smith and David Sim)
Woods, Donald (Including Eamonn McCabe and Peter Johns)
Woodvine, John

box 13:
Woodward, Bob (Set by Neil Libbert)
Woodward, Edward (Including set by Peter Johns)
Woodward, Joanne (Including set by Eamonn McCabe)
Woodward, Louise
Woodward, Peter (Set by Jane Bown)
Woodward, Roger (Set by Tony McGrath)
Woodward, Sarah
Woof, Emily (Set by Dod Miller)
Woolas, Phil
Wooldridge, Susan
Woolf, Lord
Woolf, Virginia (Including old damaged print)
Woollacott, Martin (Guardian Staff)
Woolton, Lord (Including sets by Jane Bown and Karsh)
Wootton, Baroness (Including sets by Peter Keen and Jane Bown)
Wordsworth, Barry
Worlock, Derek
Worrall, Denis (Including set by Jane Bown)
Worral-Thompson, Anthony
Worrell, Trix
Worsley, Sir William (Set by Peter Keen)
Worsthorne, Peregrine (Including sets by Jane Bown and Eamonn McCabe)
Worth, Harry
Worth, Irene (Including sets by Jane Bown and Peter Johns)
Worthy, Johnny
Wouk, Herman (Sets by Jane Bown and Karsh)
Wozencraft, Kim
Wrigglesworth, Ian
Wright, Bob (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Frank Lloyd (Karsh)
Wright, George (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Gordon (Set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Dr Helena (Set by Tony McGrath)
Wright, Ian (Staff)
Wright, Jonathan (Set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Jules (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Nicholas
Wright, Patrick
Wright, Sir Peter (Including sets by Jane Bown and Richard Mildenhall)
Wright, Peter (Set by Jane Bown)
Wright, Robert
Wright-Penn, Robin
Wright, Ronald
Wroe, Martin (Staff)
Wrong, Henry (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wurtzel, Elizabeth
Wyatt, Robert
Wyatt, Will (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wykeham, Lady Barbara (Set by Jane Bown)
Wyman, Bill
Wyndham, Francis
Wyndham, Joanna (Set by Jane Bown)
Wyngarde, Peter (Including set by Jane Bown)
Wyn Jones, Ievan
Wynne, David
Wynne, Greville
Wynne Jones, Diane
Wynn Ellis, Nesta
Wyszynski, Cardinal (Set by Karsh)
Creator: The Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library
Staff and others associated with the Guardian: surnames beginning with W
GUA/6/9/1/11/2/W · File · c1965-c1985
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Includes photographs of:
Wakefield, Marjorie
Walder, David
Wall, Michael
Ward, David
Ward-Thomas, Pat
Watts, Janet
Weatherby, William John
Webb, William Leslie
Weiss, Ruth
Whewell, Harry
White, Michael
Wilcox, Paul
Willis, Pauline
Wilshaw, Harold
Winchester, Simon
Wintersgill, Donald
Wolstencroft, Frank
Woodcock, Clive
Worrall, John
Wren, Mike
Wright, Hannah
Wright, Ian
Creator: Manchester Guardian; Picture Desk; Manchester Picture Library
Veronica Horwell
OHP/36 · File · 24 June 2002
Part of Oral history project

Interview with Veronica Horwell, journalist for the Guardian. Conducted by Leslie Plommer on 24 June 2002. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

Disc 1:
Track 1:
00.05      Brief introduction by Leslie Plommer

Track 2:
00.21       Worked for a local newspaper in hometown of Plymouth after leaving school
00.44       Wanted to work for a national newspaper - either the Sunday Times or the Guardian
01.11       Didn't know the Guardian had moved to London
01.48       Sent examples of writing to the Guardian editor in Manchester
02.43       Had to be 24 to work for a national newspaper
02.50       Lied about age in order to get an interview
03.04       Invited to meet Brian Redhead, Northern Editor
03.15       Had to borrow money to go to Manchester
03.29       Offered the job [1966]
03.48       Direct bosses were Harry Whewell and Joe Minogue
05.20       Found Manchester and the Guardian a culture shock
05.47       Differences between Plymouth and Manchester
07.22       Description of the Cross Street building exterior
09.27       Job interview took place in the canteen

10.12       Interior of Cross Street building; long corridors and floor to ceiling books
11.41       Worked in the features department
11.52       Describes the old newsroom as empty, spooky and sad
14.08       Further description of the building layout
15.58       Discusses other writers incl. Benedict Nightingale, Theatre critic
16.57       Masculine world, masculine office
17.58       Had to live as cheaply as possible
19.42       Compares Cross Street to Palace Theatre, London

20.29       Cross Street had a 19th century atmosphere
20.50       The urgency and dynamo of Cross Street had moved to London

Track 3:
00.11       Discusses the location of the desks and offices within the building
01.45       Anecdotes about previous colleagues incl. Harry Whewell and Joe Minogue
06.15       The men in the ‘main room’ were a certain kind of 'middle classness'
06.29       Popular access to the paper for men was via university or national service
07.29       Hadn't recognized a middle class tone in the paper before
07.55       Refers to the sole female writer, Anne Shearer
09.25       Manchester Guardian was the place where people joined; if they were good they transferred to London

11.06       General feeling in Manchester that 'the parade had gone somewhere else'

 Horwell; Veronica; journalist