Demonstration against Channel Tunnel rail link
- Title
- Demonstration against Channel Tunnel rail link
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
- TX Date
- 26 Feb 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:02:12
- Description
- 15,000 protesters from South East London and Kent stage the Rethink the Link â Bluebells not Decibels demonstration against the proposed Channel Tunnel rail link. In London they ended the march at the Imperial War Museum where former Prime Minister Edward Heath made a speech. Includes interview with Heath and vox pop with protesting local residents of Hawley near Dartford. Mark Percy reports for AM programme.
- Contributors
- Edward Heath; Mark Percy
- Keywords
- London; Margaret Thatcher; Kent; Edward Heath; Marches; Channel tunnels; Peaceful protest; Railway construction; Imperial War Museum; AM (radio programme); Hawley; Dartford
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LBC/IRN, "Demonstration against Channel Tunnel rail link". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0001700400018 (Accessed 01 Jul 2025)