Ernest Hecht and I went to the Quintin school in Regent Street, London, (now part of Quintin Kynaston school in Swiss Cottage) in the mid-1940s. He was an avid film fan, and showed me how to spot press showings of new films in the cinemas around Leicester Square, by looking for any four-hour gap between advertised times. On a school trip to Switzerland in 1947, we were thrilled at being able to buy unlimited chocolate from kiosks on Basel station. All confectionery was still rationed in Britain.
