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72 results found for '"Heritage"' in Keywords.
London buildings and UN Heritage year (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with architectural historian Professor Nicholas Pevsner on London buildings and the UN heritage year. Interviewer not identified. Sound is in mono.
Battle Abbey auction (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the auction of Battle Abbey amid fears it may be turned into a commercial enterprise and be inaccessible to the general public. Includes speech at the auction by Matthew Thompson-Royds of Save...
Golden Crown of St Stephen (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
United States Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance, speech on the occasion of the return of the Golden Crown of St Stephen, a Hungarian national treasure, which the USA had been sheltering since the Second World...
Temple Bar restoration (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with American Charles Blane on plans for the restoration of Temple Bar, London. He speaks of his love of the design and why he feels Americans might want to pay for the restoration.
History of Temple Bar (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Vernon Goslin, historian, on the history of the Temple Bar gateway, London. He speaks of the history all the way back to the Templar Knights, how the heads of traitors were put on it, its...
Mark Baldwin on British Waterways report (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Mark Baldwin, Vice-Chairman of the Inland Waterways Association, says money is needed to repair the country’s canals and waterways. He is interviewed following the release of a Select Committee critical...
Our kind of town (1979)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Jingle
Our Kind of Town, presented by Greg Strange. This edition looks at and visits Christopher Wren’s Temple Bar which once stood on the edge of the City of London but is now located in Cheshunt in...
Monty at large (1979)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Special
Monty at Large. Monty Modlyn visits the Old Covent Garden market in central London following the relocation of the old fruit and vegetable market and during the regeneration of the site as a shopping and...
Our kind of town (1979)
- Genre
- Documentary; Music; Interview
Our Kind of Town, weekly programme presented by Keith Howell. The first part of this edition looks at the attempts of Camden Borough Council to preserve and maintain the Victorian Highgate Cemetery. The...
London’s Chinese community (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary; Vox pop; Speech
Documentary on London’s Chinese community presented by Lawrence Spicer, who explores how they are viewed amongst the public, the history of the Chinese immigrant, and talks to Victor Chan of the Hong Kong...