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27 results found for '"Dover"' in Keywords.
Ships St Germain and Artadi collide (1979)
- Genre
- News report
Paul Beard reports on the collision of French train ferry St Germain with Liberian bulk carrier Artadi in fog, in the English Channel. Killed on the St Germain were schoolboy Nigel Bridgeman and a French...
General election - Thatcher in Kent (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Election coverage
Report on a visit by Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Deal and Dover in Kent on 27/05/83 during campaigning in the 1983 General Election. Speaking are: Margaret Thatcher and...
Miners strike - Dover dockers support (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on planned Dover dock strikes to support striking miners, which workers are reluctant to join, and the meeting of the union (TGWU?) shop stewards. Vice-Chairman of the committee Brian Cole comments....
Channel tunnel to go ahead - Concern at Dover harbour (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Following the announcement that a Channel tunnel will be constructed by winning bidder Channel Tunnel Group, Dover Harbour Board’s MD, Jonathan Sloggett, expresses concern about possible job losses at the...
Channel tunnel to go ahead - Reaction to decision (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on reaction to the announcement that a rail-only Channel tunnel will be constructed and that Channel Tunnel Group has won the bid. Reaction from Robin Grove-White of the Council for the Protection of...
Channel tunnel to go ahead - Dover Chamber of Commerce view (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
President of the Dover Chamber of Commerce, Alan(?) Stibbe(?) forecasts a total collapse of the local economy following the announcement that a Channel tunnel will be constructed by winning bidder Channel...
Channel tunnel to go ahead - Residents’ reaction (1986)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Local residents (of Dover?) give their reactions to the announcement that a Channel tunnel will be constructed by winning bidder, Channel Tunnel Group. Reporter not heard.
Chunnel vision (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Special; Speech; Vox pop
Chunnel Vision, a documentary on the Channel Tunnel. On history and background and implications to Channel Tunnel project between Britain and France with pro and anti views expressed via speeches,...
P & O Ferries dispute moves to the courts (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
The P & O Ferries dispute moves to the courts today. Sealink is to ask a judge to seize the assets of the National Union of Seamen after its ships were prevented from sailing by Dover pickets yesterday....
P & O sails ferry out of Dover, breaking strike (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
P & O Ferries are claiming that they have broken the back of the seamen’s blockade. Reporter James Bays was on the Pride of Bruges as it steamed out of Dover, bound for Zeebrugge. Contributions from P...