Fire in Clacton kills nine
- Title
- Fire in Clacton kills nine
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 27 Dec 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:03:06
- Description
- Interview with Richard Goode, local social services, about a fire at a boarding house (owned by John Wilcox) for former psychiatric patients in Clacton, Essex. Nine people were killed in the tragedy, including Wilcox’s wife Mavis, and children Paula and Lesley. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Richard Goode
- Keywords
- Accidents; Deaths; Fires; Essex; Psychiatric hospital patients; Clacton; John Wilcox; Mavis Wilcox; Lesley Wilcox; Paula Wilcox
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LBC/IRN, "Fire in Clacton kills nine". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0013900373011 (Accessed 14 May 2025)