LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Londoners on the Blitz

Genre

Interview; Feature; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1976

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Duration

00:26:52

Description

Christopher Hourmouzious talks to East Londoners about their personal experiences during the Blitz. A book by Professor Tom Harrison, entitled Living Through the Blitz, and based on oral histories, is the inspiration behind the interviews. In the Kings Arms public house on the Mile End Road, he interviews Sid Phillips(?), a baker; Bill Mann(?), former landlord of the Kings Arms; Frankie Kay from the Isle of Dogs; several unnamed men.

Contributors

Christopher Hourmouzious; Bill Mann(?); Frankie Kay; Sid Phillips(?)

Keywords

Books; London; Air warfare; Second World War (1939-1945); Aerial bombardment; Reminiscence; Oral history; Wars (events); Air raid wardens; Living Through the Blitz; Tom Harrison (academic)

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