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  • 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...

  • Sam Morris on role of Toastmaster (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sam Morris, President of the Toastmasters Guild, describes the role, and the responsibilities involved in public speaking. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Antonia Higgs).

  • Lord Cudlipp on Mountbatten-King meeting (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Former IPC chairman Lord Hugh Cudlipp of Aldingbourne, on a meeting held in 1968 with Lord Louis Mountbatten and Daily Mirror chairman Cecil King to discuss the setting up of a National Government in the...

  • Transatlantic Yacht Race - Chay Blyth in London (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male speaker on the passing beneath Tower Bridge in London of Scottish yachtsman Chay Blyth in his yacht Brittany Ferries GB, prior to his participation in the Observer-sponsored Transatlantic...

  • People’s March for Jobs arrives in London (1981)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on the end of the People’s March for Jobs, as the march reaches London. The protest is intended to raise awareness of the plight of the country’s unemployed. Includes a speech by Sid Weighell,...

  • DevonAir re-launch (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male speaker (poss. Maurice Vass, Managing Director) on the re-launch of local radio station, DevonAir, with separate regional broadcasts to the Torbay and Exeter areas. Female interviewer not...

  • Chay Blyth on Transatlantic Yacht Race (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Yachtsman, Chay Blyth on his craft Brittany Ferries GB and his participation in the Observer-sponsored Transatlantic Yacht Race. Male interviewer not identified. Sound in mono.