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Notting Hill Carnival - Louis Chase on violence (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Arts Committee organiser Louis Chase on violence at the 1978 Notting Hill Carnival in west London. Interview conducted by Bob Holness.
Town crier championships (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech
Chester’s town crier (not identified - poss. Tom Clarkson) who won the Town Crier Championship for 1978 speaks about his victory. Includes first four lines of his usual speech to the town. Male interviewer...
Daughter taken from apparently hypochondriac parents (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
An unidentified solicitor answers questions on a court case against a couple who daughter was taken into care after they repeatedly admitted her to hospital without any obvious symptoms. Male interviewer not...
Smallpox in Birmingham (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
(Birmingham medical officer William Nicol?) gives advice on getting vaccinated, particularly for those travelling abroad and possibly now needing vaccination certificates, following an outbreak of smallpox...
Smallpox in Birmingham (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
(Adele Biss of ABTA?) says anyone travelling from Birmingham to Malta should get a vaccination against smallpox following an outbreak of the disease from a Birmingham laboratory and Malta now asking for...
Notting Hill Carnival trouble (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male Metropolitan Police spokesman (not identified) on violence at the 1978 Notting Hill Carnival in west London and on policing methods at the event. Male interviewer not identified. Sound...
New newspaper (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
An unidentified man discusses a newspaper project coming to fruition and says it will create jobs for journalists and remove the monopoly of large publishing groups. Possibly referring to new Daily Star...
Francis Beckett on NUAAW pay dispute (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Francis Beckett, National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers (NUAAW), on calls for a one hundred percent pay rise for agricultural workers. Male interviewer not identified.
Geoffrey Goodman on BL toolmakers’ dispute (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with industrial journalist Geoffrey Goodman on the effects of the escalation of the unofficial toolmakers’ strike at British Leyland and their dispute with the AUEW and union leader Terry Duffy....
BL toolmakers’ dispute - George Regan on AUEW (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with George Regan, leader of an unofficial strike at the British Leyland carburettor subsidary, SU Fuel Systems, about the decision of the AUEW and union president-elect Terry Duffy to discipline...