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Penlee lifeboat disaster - John Prescott on maritime safety laws (1981)
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- Interview
Labour MP, John Prescott following the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81, on international law applying to stricken vessels carrying potentially polluting cargo. He says if a vessel is in the waters of a...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funding of RNLI (1981)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the funding of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), following the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81. He says the organisation needs £14 million a year and relies...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Del Johnson on men lost (1981)
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- News report; Interview
Report on the aftermath of the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81, based around a telephone interview with Penlee lifeboat committee chairman Del Johnson who says the men who died will leave a big hole in...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Appeal fund (1981)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the huge amount of money being donated to the appeal fund for the victims of the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). He says there is already about £700,000 in the fund and...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Fishermen’s Appeal (1981)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the Fishermen’s Appeal for the families of the eight men lost in the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). The appeal is separate from the disaster appeal based in Penzance. It...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Church service for men lost (1981)
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- Interview; News report
Unidentified male correspondent on the church service held for the men lost in the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). He says there were around 600 people in the church. Male correspondent not identified;...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Funeral of Charles Greenhaugh and his mother (1981)
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- Interview; News report
Report on the double funeral of Charles Greenhaugh, who died in the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81), and his mother, who died of shock upon hearing the news. Tomorrow, crew member John Blewett will be...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - New lifeboat crew (1981)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. RNLI training officer Les Vipond) on the formation and training of a new lifeboat crew following the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). He says the new crew is made up of...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Law says charity money cannot be given to families (1981)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the donations sent to the appeal fund to help victims of the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). The law says the money cannot go to the dead men’s families, so the new Penlee...
Penlee lifeboat disaster - Charity collector on donations to families (1981)
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- Interview
The unidentified wife of George Lawrie(?), who has been collecting money for the Fishermen’s Appeal on behalf of the families who lost relatives in the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81), says that around...