New safety measures for Thames vessels
- Title
- New safety measures for Thames vessels
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 31 Aug 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:02:48
- Description
- After the interim inquiry into the Marchioness river boat disaster, Bob Crouch of the Thames Passenger Services Federation welcomes new safety measures for vessels on the Thames announced by Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson. Female interviewer not identified. For Update programme.
- Contributors
- Bob Crouch
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; Rivers; River Thames; Boats; Cecil Parkinson; Cabinet ministers; Disasters (events); Transport safety; Update (radio programme); Marchioness; Bowbelle; River navigation; Southwark Bridge; Marchioness disaster (1989)
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LBC/IRN, "New safety measures for Thames vessels". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0094b00467016 (Accessed 21 Sep 2025)