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7 results found for '"Urban life"' in Keywords.
Demonstration for Charlie Welsh (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with George Major, Pearly King of Peckham, about the demonstration at Islington Town Hall against the imprisonment of Charlie Welsh for non-payment of rates on his city farm. He speaks of the...
Charlie Welsh release from prison (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Charlie Welsh on his release from prison following demonstrations against his arrest for non-payments of bills. He speaks of the councilâs inability to send him a bill before it was too...
Our kind of town (1979)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Keith Howell presents Our Kind of Town. This week’s edition looks at three books about London and Howell interviews the authors on their stories. The books are Docklandscape, by Hilary Peters, on her city...
After eight (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Keith Howell presents an episode of the After Eight show in which he interviews author and artist Peter Jackson at his West London home, on his fascination with London, his vast library of books on the...
Decision makers (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
Decision Makers: Inner City Jobs, presented by Tom Maddocks on migration to rural areas of individuals and businesses from the inner cities, and knock-on effects of increased unemployment and urban...
Inner City Aid launched (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Rod Hackney on launching Inner City Aid, its aim - to help social deprivation and the housing problem from the ground up by making the inner city attractive to investors - and why its founders are using...
Trainee Guardian Angel mugged on Underground (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Curtis Sliwa speaks to Julie Benson about his 16 year old trainee Guardian Angel Karen McCullock(?) being mugged on London Underground. Sliwa says commuters ignored her screams for help. Happy that...