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16 results found for '"Flats"' in Keywords.
Flat purchase bill (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Allen interview with Conservative MP Sir Brandon Rhys Williams on his proposals to allow people in rented accommodation to buy their property to protect them against loss of security of tenure.
Battersea tower block fire (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Jim Dallmeyer reports from the Castlemaine Tower block of flats in Culvert Street, Battersea after the building was gutted by fire. Female studio reporter not identified. (75-year-old Florence Fyfe died in...
Opposition to Charing Cross Road redevelopment scheme (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on opposition to Westminster City Council’s redevelopment scheme for Sandringham Flats west block in Charing Cross Road. Includes interviews with Charing Cross Traders Secretary Roger Groves and...
Iranian embassy siege - landlord on renting flat (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview (via an interpreter â the interview is in Arabic or Farsi which is also heard) with a letting agent about providing accommodation at a flat in Lexham Gardens, Earls Court, West London, to some...
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Our Kind of Town, presented by Keith Howell. This episode focuses on London’s snuff industry, and Soho. Howell speaks to Vivian Rose, manager of G. Smith and Son, who explains why people take snuff, and...
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Lawrence Spicer and looks at the Barbican area of London, its regeneration and life in the village. Talks to: George Vine(?), chairman of the...
IRA victim’s flat burgled (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Tribute
Report on the burglary of the flat of Nora Field, an elderly woman who died in an IRA bomb explosion at Chelsea Barracks on 10 Oct 1981. Includes interviews with chairman of the tenants association of the...
Divis Flats festival (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Divis Flats Festival in an attempt to improve the image of the troubled estate in Belfast. Includes interview with Divis Flats local priest Father Pat Buckley on the campaign to clean up the...
Divis Flats bombing (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a bomb attack at the mainly Catholic Divis Flats in Belfast during a police search for explosives on the housing estate. 14 year-old Stephen Bennett was killed in the blast. Includes interview with...
Putney Hill gas explosion (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report from the scene of a gas explosion at the Newnham House block of flats in Putney, London, which left many members of the public injured and buried. Includes comment from eyewitnesses Ron Spriggle and...