"I watched it a few days before we had the try-outs in the university but I'd never seen the show," he said.
In March that year, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth visited the priory to inspect troops and watch military manoeuvres.Shortly after, the then Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid a visit to the top-secret base to witness preparations.
Mr Coleman said it was Mrs Henson's wish for the estate, which also included a farming enterprise of about 845 acres, more than 215 acres of managed woodland and 11 cottages, be sold as a whole."She wanted someone who could afford to live there and love it as she did," he said."The whole place gives you a feeling of glamour and splendour, which you would normally see in a much bigger house like Castle Howard."
Walking around the hall, Mrs Henson's "quirky and interesting" character still left a strong impression, Mr Coleman added.In the basement area, which was once the staff quarters, drawings on the walls give a snapshot into the informal parties Mrs Henson would hold.
Mr Coleman said: "I only met her briefly, sadly at the end of her life, but she was a great character who loved to entertain.
"There's a wonderful room downstairs, which turned out to be an informal party room with drawings on the wall of caricatures of the great and the good coming here to party over the last 40 or 50 years.""It's causing a mini-pandemic," he said.
Mr Clayton added that he fully supported the strike action by the refuse workers and said he had provided his service for "as cheap as I possibly can" to people who are "desperate" for their waste to be collected.The history of Grangemouth has been built on fossil fuels – but now its future depends on its reinvention as Scotland's green energy industrial hub.
The site, on the south bank of the Firth of Forth, is home to the UK's oldest oil refinery, which dates back to 1924.It is being closed down by owner Petroineos, with the loss of 400 of the 2,000 jobs which are based at the sprawling industrial complex.