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9 results found for '"Rural communities"' in Keywords.
Network (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
In this first half of A Passage to England, Tony Hawkins investigates immigration from the Indian subcontinent to the UK - where people come from and why, what did they expect from the UK, their feelings now...
Trial to stop church bells ringing (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Local villagers talk about a High Court case to try to stop the bells of the local church in Berkshire sounding at night. Male interviewer not identified.
Abbeystead waterworks disaster (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Abbeystead disaster and aftermath as an interim Health and Safety Executive report is published and inquests on the victims open today. A water pump exploded during a visit by forty-two local...
Fred Bettesworth the gardener. Part 1 (1984)
- Genre
- Biography; Serial
Reading of first part (of 2) of the story of charismatic gardener Fred Bettesworth from 1892 to the turn of the century. Male reader not identified. Probably extracted from Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer, by...
Fred Bettesworth the gardener. Part 2 (1984)
- Genre
- Biography; Serial
Reading of second part (of 2) of the story of charismatic gardener Fred Bettesworth from 1901 until his death in 1905. Male reader not identified. Probably extracted from Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer, by...
Violence in the countryside (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Brian Hayes, Chief Constable of Surrey, on an increase in violent crime in rural areas which he puts down to young people who are drunk committing crimes. Seems to be spreading out from inner...
Eurovision Song Contest venue in rural Ireland (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Deeley interviews Noel Duggan about the preparations for the Eurovision Song Contest which is being held in his newly built Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, rural Ireland. Duggan hopes to put the small...
Benefits payment changes to affect post offices (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on a Government plan to make benefits payments directly into bank accounts possibly leading to closure of 5000 sub post offices. With Commons speeches on the issue by: Social Security Secretary Peter...
Loyalists kill 6 in Loughinisland (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with local MP Eddie McGrady on the incident and his feelings after 6 men were killed as loyalist gunmen of the Ulster Volunteer Force opened fire in a public house in Loughinisland, County Down,...