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79 results found for '"Somerset"' in Keywords.

  • Taunton train fire (1978)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the fatal Taunton sleeping car fire of 06/07/78, in which a number of rail passengers died, some of them locked into their carriages. Unidentified male reporter speaks to Nigel Musselwhite, Chief...

  • Taunton residents help train fire victims (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified female tells how she and other local residents ministered to survivors of the Taunton sleeping car fire of 06/07/78. She recounts how they took people into their homes, and describes their...

  • Taunton train fire (1978)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Report on the fatal Taunton sleeping car fire of 06/07/78, in which 11 rail passengers (at this point) died. We hear from the House of Commons, where Bill Rodgers offers condolences to the families of the...

  • Taunton woman tells of train fire rescue (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified Taunton woman tells how, after being woken by thumping noises and seeing flames, she helped neighbours to rescue fire survivors from train carriages. She talks of the fear and shock of the...

  • Snow in West Country (1978)

    Genre
    Press conference

    News conference with cabinet minister Denis Howell at Exeter train station, Devon, on severe weather conditions in the West Country and what the government will do to help.

  • Snow in West Country (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Sir Henry Plumb MP, on the problems facing West Country farmers during a spell of severe weather. Interviewer not identified.

  • Denis Howell on compensation for farmers after severe weather (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Denis Howell, Energy Minister, on compensation for farmers in the West Country following severe weather conditions. Interviewer not identified.

  • Mike Beer on Tessa Maddocks murder (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Inspector Mike Beer on the last known moments of schoolgirl Tessa Maddocks (whose body was found on 21/06/78) and the evidence gathered on her murder.

  • News reports on the Jeremy Thorpe case (1978)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Series of news reports on the police inquiry, inquest and trial of Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe, David Holmes, George Deakin and businessman John Le Mesurier for the attempted murder of Norman Scott....

  • Jeremy Thorpe on European constituency boundaries (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe on redefining the electoral constituency boundaries for the European elections. Male interviewer not identified.