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Working
at Pebble Mill...
I started
at Pebble Mill as a secretary in 1977. I also worked at weekends
as a volunteer floor assistant in the television studios. I gradually
did more work assisting in the studios.
I was lucky to have so many different jobs at Pebble Mill.
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| Sue
Beardsmore |
All
Creatures Great and Small, Pebble Mill at One and Saturday Night
at the Mill were just some of the programmes I worked on.
Then
I went to work in the newsroom as a station assistant. There, I
was a floor manager, where I did sound recording and research work
for quite a few years.
I
moved onto Midlands Today breakfast news as a presenter and gradually
did more and more on the programme. I was lucky to have lots of
different jobs at Pebble Mill.
In
2003 I decided to change jobs and started to work for the Mailbox
project.
Fond
memories of Pebble Mill...
The Mailbox is a fantastic modern looking building, as of course
Pebble Mill was when it was first opened - but that was a long
time
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| Sue
Beardsmore |
I've
always enjoyed working in the big television studios because it
was so exciting. The
big drama sets and all the different things going on.
I worked
as a floor assistant for the Basil Brush Show the first time round
and I remember all his little clothes used to hang in a wardrobe
on little rails.
I
also remember the early days of Midlands Today when I was a floor
manager in the late 70's. It was still a part of Nationwide and
the regional parts of the programme used to have lots of animals
that would come into the television studios. We had such fun with
them during live television.
Moving
to the Mailbox ...
I think
it will be great in the Mailbox. The public will be able to come
in and watch their favourite local radio presenters at work with
a special viewing glass straight into the BBC WM and Asian Network
studios, go behind the scenes of Midlands Today and visit the BBC
Shop.
It
will be quite nice to be in the middle of the city and it's a fantastic
modern looking building. Of course Pebble Mill was when it first
opened, but that was a long time ago now.
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The
closure marks the end of production at the famous Birmingham
site for over thirty years.
