Abbeystead waterworks disaster
- Title
- Abbeystead waterworks disaster
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 25 May 1984
- Year of production
- 1984
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- Duration
- 00:01:52
- Description
- Interview with the Chief Executive of the North-West Water Authority Brian Oldfield on the Abbeystead waterworks disaster that killed sixteen visitors to the plant in Lancashire (23/05/84). Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Brian Oldfield
- Keywords
- Accidents; Deaths; Lancashire; Explosions; Gas explosions; Accidental death; Water companies; Abbeystead; Water pumps; Waterworks
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LBC/IRN, "Abbeystead waterworks disaster". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0004300271010 (Accessed 23 May 2025)