Our kind of town

Title

Our kind of town

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

20 Jul 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:52:37

Description

This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Keith Howell. In the first part Polish artist now based in London Feliks Topolski talks about his life and career including his Second World War experiences. Interview coincides with opening of his exhibition. In the second part Deputy Chairman of clothing hire firm Moss Bros, Montague Moss, talks about the family business and how fashion has changed.

Contributors

Keith Howell; Montague Moss; Feliks Topolski

Keywords

Actors; India; Theatre; London; Companies; UK; Business; Fashion; Horse racing; Weddings; Artists; War crimes; Vietnam War (1945-1975); Customs and traditions; Second World War (1939-1945); Poland; Concentration camps; Art; Family; Coronation of Elizabeth II (1953); Paris; Portraits; Portrait painting; Clothing; Cultural exhibitions; Skiing; Painting; Body weight; War crime trials; Sewing; Bergen-Belsen; Hats; Nuremberg War Crime Trials (1946-1949); Hermann Goring; Murals; Drawing; Chronicles; ICA Gallery; Moss Bros; Hire trade; Charles Pond(?); Measurement; Ascot; Feliks Topolski

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