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Opening of Wood Green shopping centre (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Vox pop
Report on the visit of the Queen to the official opening of the Wood Green shopping centre in north London. Includes vox pop with crowd members, and brass fanfare. Speakers include local residents: 6...
Queen Mother Sports Centre opens in Pimlico (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Dickie Arbiter reports on the opening of the Queen Mother Sports Centre in Pimlico, London. Includes recording of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother opening the centre; interview with Eddie Powell,...
Soho club fire - Eyewitness accounts (1981)
- Genre
- Vox pop; Interview
Eyewitnesses describe the scene during a fire at two nightclubs in Denmark Street, Soho, London (15/08/80). 37 people died in the blaze. In 4 parts; includes a male police officer’s view of the fire. Male...
BR spokesman on Ilford train fire (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified British Rail spokesman on a train fire in Ilford, and the possibility of a terrorist bomb being the cause. Female interviewer not identified.
Lester Piggott’s ear severed at Epsom (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report from Epsom racecourse on an ear injury sustained by jockey Lester Piggott after being thrown in the stalls by his horse, Winsor Boy. Speakers include: Willie Carson; Newmarket trainer Robert...
Ron Morris on PC’s role in Iranian Embassy siege (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Ron Morris, a hostage in the Iranian Embassy siege in London, discusses the public’s treatment of PC Trevor Lock and his part in the ending of the hostage situation. Male interviewer not identified.
Closure of Now! magazine (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the closure due to financial losses of Now! magazine. Speakers include: proprietor Sir James Goldsmith; National Union of Journalists member Bill Kaye(?); editor Anthony Shrimsley. Female reporter...
James Goldsmith on closure of Now! magazine (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Now! proprietor Sir James Goldsmith on the reasons behind the closure of the magazine. Male interviewer not identified.
Rita Hamilton on daughter’s disappearance (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Rita Hamilton, mother of five year-old Ann-Marie Hamilton, on the disappearance of her daughter from her home in Bradford (31/05/81). Male interviewer not identified. (Ann-Marie’s body was found near her...
Wilton Arms landlord on Thornton Heath murder (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Terence Lawrence, landlord of the Wilton Arms public house in Thornton Heath, Croydon, on interethnic relations in the area - including the activities of the National Front - following an attack on the pub...