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23 results found for '"Heritage conservation"' in Keywords.
Temple Bar restoration (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with American Charles Blane on plans for the restoration of Temple Bar, London. He speaks of his love of the design and why he feels Americans might want to pay for the restoration.
History of Temple Bar (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Vernon Goslin, historian, on the history of the Temple Bar gateway, London. He speaks of the history all the way back to the Templar Knights, how the heads of traitors were put on it, its...
Our kind of town (1979)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Jingle
Our Kind of Town, presented by Greg Strange. This edition looks at and visits Christopher Wren’s Temple Bar which once stood on the edge of the City of London but is now located in Cheshunt in...
Our kind of town (1979)
- Genre
- Documentary; Music; Interview
Our Kind of Town, weekly programme presented by Keith Howell. The first part of this edition looks at the attempts of Camden Borough Council to preserve and maintain the Victorian Highgate Cemetery. The...
After eight special - The wreck game (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Special
The Wreck Game, an After Eight Special programme on the treasures beneath the waves, presented by Hugh Williams. Examines the increasingly sophisticated techniques and technology used in underwater...
Flower of the fleet (1982)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Special
Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, lay forgotten in the mud of the Solent for 400 years after being sunk during an attack on Portsmouth by the French. Here we get an account of why and how she sank, and...
National Trust meeting over MOD use of land (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the National Trust extraordinary general meeting where it was decided to lease protected land in Buckinghamshire to the Ministry of Defence for a bunker and not to remove the Chairman and...
National Trust vote of confidence (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with National Trust Chairman Lord Gibson (Pat Gibson) about the vote of confidence in his chairmanship at an extraordinary general meeting following the controversial policy of leasing protected...
Croydon Airport heritage (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
A brief history of Croydon Airport and a plea to conserve it as a heritage site. Sir Peter Masefield - the recently retired chairman of London Transport - is leading the efforts to conserve Croydon and...
Crystal Palace restoration (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chairman of the Crystal Palace Foundation, Barrie McKay, about his plan to conserve and restore the remains of the Palace, destroyed in a fire in 1936. Male interviewer not identified.