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Naomi James on her voyage around the globe (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Adventurer Naomi James, the first British woman to sail around the world single-handed, describes overcoming difficulties at Cape Horn near New Zealand. James spent some of her time carving a chess set and...
Horace Cutler wants free ports at London Docks (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Horace Cutler, leader of the Greater London Council, on plans to redevelop the London Docks and attract customers to new free port facilities. Cutler hopes that free ports will generate many jobs in the...
Ted Johns, docker, on campaign to stop docks closures (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Ted Johns, a London docker, on the closure of the docks and leading protests against the closure. Johns claims that London cannot survive without the Docklands. He also says that people no longer trust the...
Bob Newlyn on Southern Region trains (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob Newlyn on being appointed the new head of Southern Region trains. Newlyn says that he wants to improve the service and make trains run on time. Male interviewer not identified. Sound in mono.
Betty Millard wants state pension raised (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Betty Millard of the National Federation of OAPs, on the level of the state pension. Millard wants to see the pension linked to the industrial earnings claiming that the cost of life has increased...
Nigel Turpin on Clean Up Shepherd Market campaign (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Nigel Turpin(?) of the Clean Up Shepherd Market campaign, on attempts to stop young women from going into prostitution. Turpin describes the prostitutes from Shepherd Market, London, as being the victims of...
Joe Hunt on race relations in Brick Lane (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Joe Hunt of the Commission for Racial Equality (Tower Hamlets), on the immigration and changing racial demographic of the Brick Lane area of London. Hunt claims that more Asian people are moving to the area,...
Praful Patel on plans to segregate Bengali residents (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Praful Patel (of Committee on UK Citizenship) criticises the Greater London Council’ s plan to house Bengali immigrants in a separate area to protect them from racial attack, saying it would create a...
Bobby Kilbride on protests over unemployment (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Secretary of the Merseyside Right to Work campaign, Bobby Kilbride talks to reporter Peter Gould at a protest against the TUC’s lack of help on unemployment. Kilbride says that TUC General Secretary Len...
David Wilkie on learning to swim (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Olympic swimmer David Wilkie on the importance of teaching children to swim and life save. Wilkie describes learning to swim in Sri Lanka and the best way to encourage children to swim. Female interviewer...