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152 results found for '"Elderly"' in Keywords.
Pensioners debate at the TUC conference (1976)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Debate about pensioners’ issues at the TUC conference: Jack Jones, transport workers’ leader, on pension increases being too little, too late; Harry Mitchell of the NUM, on the annual TV licence; Norman...
Electric power dispute (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Electric power dispute. Clive Amos(?), administrator at the Prince of Wales Hospital in north London, on the death of 84-year-old Lilian Pettengel during surgery, which was disrupted by a power cut at the...
20 year-old to wed 77 year-old step-grandmother (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
20 year-old Mark Goodman of Los Angeles, discusses his proposed marriage to his 77 year-old step-grandmother, Ira Goodman of Maida Vale, London. Male interviewer not identified.
Highbury residents on caretakers’ strike (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
The tenants of a Highbury estate describe the problems caused by a caretakers’ strike. The bins are full and smelling, the water is faulty, the estate looks untidy, and the elderly residents are having...
Caretakers’ strike (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
John Perkins describes the caretakers’ strike, and talks to local estate residents about the problems caused by the strike. He also talks to the remaining caretakers at work, about the workload and the...
Hugh Faulkner on Help the Aged cash crisis (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Hugh Faulkner, Director of Help the Aged, describes the charity’s cash crisis and admits the programme is short, leaving many projects unfinished. The cash shortage has meant people going hungry and not...
Police hunt for Dr Death (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Inspector Peter Woodman discusses the case of a man, labelled Dr Death, posing as a doctor and preying on elderly patients, poisoning them with false medicines. Woodman warns the public to be vigilant, and...
Barnsley flu epidemic (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Jim Heald, Assistant Director of Barnsley Social Services, on flu epidemic at an old people’s home. Interviewer not identified.
84 year-old woman dies through shock (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
An 84 year-old Wolverhampton woman, Mrs Kate Willits, has died through shock due to the actions of two young boy aged four and six. It was reported on local radio that she was battered to death, but this...
Bethnal Green Hospital changes (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with health authority spokesman on proposed changes at Bethnal Green Hospital where acute (casualty) services are to be stopped in preference to services for disadvantaged groups including the...