A Word With Harry H Corbett

The Thames TV Archive on YouTube is a veritable goldmine of curios. I watched Mary Berry cook an ox’s tongue the other day, using, and I’m not joking, some weapons grade chemicals.

It’s too gross to watch though, so instead here’s a facile interview with Harry H Corbett, and an interviewer who asks terribly boring questions. That is, until Harry gets on to the war, gets all serious, then loses confidence in his point.

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