Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Me!
By way of introduction, here are ten things you didn’t know about Laurie Manton. It may be hard to think of anything interesting, but here goes!
1. I was born in Benghazi. It was then the British Military Administration — Cyrenaica.
2. I was educated at Broadmoor. For those who wonder what’s interesting about that — Broadmoor was then the famous Lunatic Asylum for the Criminally Insane. My primary school was in the grounds of the hospital. Our nativity play was put on in the Asylum Theatre. I seem to remember there were some murderers in the audience but I am sure that sort of thing wouldn’t happen today!
3. I was once an extra in a Movie. The equally famous Wellington College public school was on the opposite side of our village. [Crowthorne, Berkshire] In 1963, a film called Tamahine was filmed at the college. It starred Nancy Kwan and I was part of a cheering crowd as she took part in the high jump. I have never seen it but it is one of my ambitions to do so. It was on television in 1983 and I missed it. It is not on DVD. I live in hope!
4. I once interviewed a number of famous people. They included Spike Milligan, the novelist Leslie Thomas, and the politicians Edwina Currie, Denis Healey and Enoch Powell. The latter still remains the most interesting person I have ever met!
