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16 results found for '"Trees"' in Keywords.
Conservationist awarded OBE (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservationist Richard St. Barbe Baker talks about his OBE and his work in Kenya with the Men of the Trees organisation and trees in Britain. Male interviewer not identified.
Tree-planting campaign launched (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report from St James’s Park in London at the start of a national tree planting campaign in honour of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother’s eightieth birthday. Includes interview with organiser Kit(?)...
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Rodney Bennett looking at Kew Gardens - its history, importance including for study and research, and day to day running. Visits the gardens and...
Tour of Highgate Cemetery (1981)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Special
A tour of Highgate Cemetery, now maintained by the Friends of Highgate Cemetery. Honorary Secretary Jean Pateman describes how the cemetery began in 1839 and expanded as it grew in popularity. Judith...
Princess Di switches on Christmas lights (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the first solo appearance of the Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, as she switches on the Christmas lights in Regent Street, London. The princess makes a speech before switching on the lights....
Olive tree survey to counteract fraud (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with MEP Barbara Castle on Operation Olive, the Italian state authority’s aerial survey of the number of olive trees in the country, in order to counteract fraud under the EEC’s Common...
Tim Fletcher on cherry tree for Yvonne (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the cherry tree planted by Tim Fletcher, father of police officer Yvonne Fletcher who was shot during a protest outside the Libyan People’s Bureau in London. Yvonne’s mother, Queenie Fletcher,...
Queenie Fletcher on daughter Yvonne’s death (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Queenie Fletcher, the mother of police officer Yvonne Fletcher who was shot during a protest outside the Libyan People’s Bureau in London, talks about her feelings. She speaks during a ceremony to plant a...
Freak winds aftermath (1987)
- Genre
- News report
Ben Brown reports from a helicopter over London on the devastation caused by the freak winds and storms of the night before.
Wind damage at Kew Gardens (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
The damage at Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place is described after the recent freak storms. Mature trees were badly affected but the glass houses generally escaped the damage. Speakers not identified.