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14,859 results found for all records.
Bill Pitt on Croydon by-election win (1981)
- Genre
- Election coverage; News report; Speech
Speech by Croydon North West by-election winner Bill Pitt, the first seat to won by the SDP-Liberal Alliance. Some jeers and heckling by audience including members of the National Front. Male commentator not...
Top brass car bombed (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report about a car bomb attack on head of the Royal Marines, General Sir Steuart Pringle, at Dulwich, London. With comment from Commander Mike Richards, head of the anti terrorist squad, and a fireman who...
IRA victim’s flat burgled (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Tribute
Report on the burglary of the flat of Nora Field, an elderly woman who died in an IRA bomb explosion at Chelsea Barracks on 10 Oct 1981. Includes interviews with chairman of the tenants association of the...
Chelsea barracks bomb suspects (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on a press conference, with excerpts, by head of the Metropolitan Police anti terrorist squad, Commander Mike Richards, on the police investigation into the Chelsea Barracks IRA bombing on 20 Oct...
London bombing kills disposal expert (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on bombing at Oxford Street in London on 26 Oct 1981 during which bomb disposal expert Kenneth Howorth was killed. With comment from local shopkeeper Bunty Islam(?); a police chief (not identified);...
Bomb disposal training (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Report on the training process for bomb disposal experts at the Royal Army Ordinance Corps, after the death of Kenneth Howorth while trying to defuse a bomb on Oxford Street in London on 26 Oct 1981. We are...
General Steuart Pringle on surviving bomb (1981)
- Genre
- Press conference; News report
Report on the press conference, with excerpts, given by General Sir Steuart Pringle, who was injured when a car bomb exploded outside his house in Dulwich, London. Male reporter not identified.
Training bomb disposal experts (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Report on the training process for bomb disposal experts at the Royal Army Ordinance Corps after the death of Kenneth Howorth while trying to defuse a bomb at Oxford Street, London on 26 Oct 1981. We are...
Funeral of bomb disposal expert Kenneth Howorth (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the funeral of Kenneth Howorth, the bomb disposal expert who died trying to defuse a bomb in Oxford Street on 26 oct 1981, and the words at it from Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir David...
London bombings aftermath (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Report on the police description of a woman and man believed to be involved with IRA bomb attacks in London and progress of inquiries. Includes excerpt from press conference by head of the anti terror squad,...