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Public meeting on Bengali housing in Brick Lane (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a public meeting on London housing, in which Greater London Council’s Chairman of Housing Management, Jean Tatham responds to angry residents. Tatham claims that the press has exaggerated...
Roland Freeman on racial segregation in London (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Roland Freeman on plans for segregated Bengali housing in the Brick Lane area of London. Freeman claims that racial segregation would lead to ghettos and increase racial violence in the area....
Iain Sproat on racial violence in inner cities (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Iain Sproat, Conservative MP for Aberdeen South, on racial tension in inner cities, following violence in the East End of London. Sproat says immigration should be stopped for at least the next five years....
Gladys Dimson on housing exclusively for Bengalis (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Gladys Dimson of the Greater London Council does not want to see exclusively Bengali housing areas in London. Dimson speaks after violence in the Brick Lane area. Male interviewer not identified.
Collision of Eleni V (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker from the EEC on the sinking of the oil tanker, Eleni V. The tanker collided with a French ship in heavy fog, spilling five thousand tonnes of oil. He says that...
GLC plans for London transport (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the Greater London Council’s fifteen-year plan to improve the road network in London. Speaker claims the plan will not solve London’s congestion problems but will help ease...
GLC road network plans (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker praises the Greater London Council’s plan to improve the road network in London, but claims that more needs to be done. He says that London is behind cities such as Paris and that...
Development of the M25 (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the development of the M25 and its impact on London. He claims that money should be spent on public transport and on river transport, not on roads. Topics of pollution and trade...
Hugh Jenkins on London airports (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Hugh Jenkins says Heathrow Airport should be reduced in size and Gatwick and Stansted developed, to prevent riots such as those which took place in Tokyo and New York. Female interviewer not...
John Aldous on US cycle ride (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
John Aldous talks on his plans to cycle the length of the United States, from Canada down to Mexico. Male interviewer not identified.