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Islington siege (1977)

Genre: Interview; News report

Report on the end of a siege in an Islington council flat involving Stuart Brickell (24/10/77-3/11/77); interview with male local resident. Female reporter not identified. Sound is in mono.

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Interview with local councillor (poss. Margaret Watson) after the end of a siege in a council flat at Myddelton Passage in Islington, north London, after 42-year-old Stuart Brickell barricaded himself and...

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Brian Hayes show (1977)

Genre: Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Talk show

Brian Hayes interviews Peter Shore, Environment Secretary, on his paper proposing the issues of housing should be shifted from central government to local government; devolution of housing; unsatisfactory...

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Hayes on Sunday (1977)

Genre: Discussion; Interview; Phone-in

Brian Hayes is joined first by Tariq Ali, Editor of the newspaper, the Socialist Challenge. Richard Dobson, Chairman of British Leyland, was recorded covertly during a speech in which he made racist...

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Arthur Latham on London housing (1977)

Genre: Interview

Arthur Latham, Labour MP for Paddington, on government failure to recognize the housing needs of London. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).

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Race in housing allocation (1978)

Genre: Interview

Interview with Dr Peter Saunders, Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), on the issue of race in council housing allocation. Whether peoples ethnic origins should be on their applications for housing to...

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Reg Race on housing shortage (1978)

Genre: Interview

Interview with Reg Race, NUPE, on a report claiming over that 3,000,000 families live in overcrowded conditions. He considers whether immigration has impacted on the number of people in need of housing and...

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Dogs on estate (1978)

Genre: Interview

Interview with a female campaigner (not identified) on the attempt to remove six guard dogs because they are terrorising children on a housing estate on land owned by the Greater London Council (GLC). Female...

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Len Harris on Wandsworth council housing (1978)

Genre: Interview

Len Harris on the decision of Wandsworth Council to buy Greater London Council properties to prevent them being sold to private purchasers. Male interviewer not identified.

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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...