I am writing about your lovely column by Paul Welsh (‘Interviews with the stars over the years’, Borehamwood & Elstree Times, March 13) and particularly Trevor Howard.

I was in the amateur dramatic club called The Slyvan Players and Trev’s wife Helen Cherry was our ‘backing person’ – Paul Welsh is right about memories when we get older, I cannot remember the exact term used. Maybe promoter?

When the MGM Studios were in Borehamwood they made Ivanhoe, and us kids climbed over the fence to collect any bows and arrows that were on the grass after filming.

Robert Taylor, who looked so tall and handsome on screen, was a slight, short man. We saw him get off his horse.

I was pushing my pram along Shenley Road to the kiosk to get my father some ciggies and rum and Dudley Moore was in the doorway obstructing my entrance. He told me they were filming – well more like he shouted actually – and I said “yeah and you are in my way”.

We used to see a lot of filming then. ABC Studios being one area with Moby Dick being filmed. Anna Neagle lived in Borehamwood in those days.

Another time, Tessie O’Shea and Marty Feltham were walking with a couple of their people, spread across the pavement, leaving no space for ‘us’ to walk. Again, I preceeded with my first born to walk along the pavement (they were not filming).

I also saw Roger Moore driving along Shenley Road in his posh white car. I remember him modelling knitting patterns for the wool shop I worked in at the time (1955).

I am 75 now, a great-grandmother, but my memory was awakened by this column.

Mrs M Hurley

Broadlake Close, London Colney