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14 results found for '"Tyneside"' in Keywords.
Queen Mother launches Ark Royal (1981)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at the launch of the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier, Ark Royal at the Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside.
Kiddar’s luck (1982)
- Genre
- Biography; Fiction; Serial
Edward Wilson reads Chapter 10 of Jack Common’s book, Kiddar’s Luck. Common’s best-known book, the autobiographical Kiddar’s Luck, originally published in 1951, in which he vividly describes his...
Kiddar’s luck (1982)
- Genre
- Biography; Fiction; Serial
Kiddar’s Luck, episode 7. Originally published in 1951, Common’s best-known book, the autobiographical Kiddar’s Luck, in which he vividly describes his childhood on the streets of Edwardian Tyneside,...
Kiddar’s luck (1982)
- Genre
- Biography; Fiction; Serial
Kiddar’s Luck, by Jack Common. Episode 4. Read by Edward Wilson. Introduced by unidentified female continuity announcer. Common’s best-known book, the autobiographical Kiddar’s Luck, originally...
New Cunard ship (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with Lord Matthews (Victor Matthews), Chairman of Cunard, on the building of a new ship for the company to replace the Atlantic Conveyor (lost in the Falklands War). Also various unidentified...
Kiddar’s luck (1982)
- Genre
- Fiction
Edward Wilson reads Episode 1 of Jack Common’s book, Kiddar’s Luck. In the autobiographical work, Common describes his childhood on the streets of Edwardian Tyneside.
Threats against UDM members (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on alleged threats against members of the new breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers by miners at Westoe Colliery in Tyneside, including an alleged attempt to run down UDM leader George Hunter....
Tyneside gunman charged (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A 22 year-old man has been charged in connection with shootings at Monkseaton on Tyneside. Robert Sarton will appear at North Shields Magistrates Court tomorrow. One man, Kenneth Macintosh(?), was killed,...
Monkseaton shootings (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Vox pop
Colleen(?) Cairns(?) reports on a mass shooting at Monkseaton, near Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in which one man was killed and fourteen people injured. Speakers: eyewitness Jackie(?) Beattie(?);...
Tyneside riots (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Vox pop
Douglas Cameron reads the 6am news, covering the riots in Tyneside which ended with large fires being set on the Meadowell estate. Colleen(?) Cairns(?) reports with eyewitness interview and Superintendent...