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252 results found for '"Manchester"' in Keywords.
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...
Decline in family morals (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with James Anderton, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, about a decline in family morals within the UK, who is to blame and need for leadership in standards. Male interviewer not...
Football transfer smashes pay policy (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Dennis Skinner, Labour politician and member of the National Executive Committee is disgusted with the smashing of the 10% pay policy rule with the transfer of footballer Joe Jordan from Leeds United to...
Callaghan in Manchester (1979)
- Genre
- Speech; Election coverage
Prime Minister James Callaghan speaks in Manchester on his election trail, and attacks the Conservative Party and their proposals for cutbacks on public spending, which he claims would send unemployment over...
Woolworths fire (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Mike Gardiner(?) reports on a fire at a Woolworths store in Piccadilly, Manchester in which 10 people died. Includes interview with Manchester’s Chief Fire Officer, Ron Bullers.
Woolworths fire (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on the fire at Woolworths in Manchester. Includes interviews with unidentified survivors; Ian Carter, stockroom; Anne(?) Brogan, cashier’s office; Geoffrey Council, retail manager. Report is in...
Manchester prostitute murder (1979)
- Genre
- News report
A report on the murder of a prostitute from Manchester in which the lead suspect is the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, who continues to elude police and avoid capture.
Appeal for help to catch Yorkshire Ripper (1979)
- Genre
- Advertisement
Pre-recorded appeal for information on the Yorkshire Ripper. Includes an excerpt of a tape sent to police by a man purporting to be the murderer (John Humble was later convicted of perverting the course of...
Woolworths fire in Manchester (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a survivor of a fire at a branch of Woolworths store in Manchester, about how he escaped the fire and his rescue by the fire services. Male speaker and female interviewer not identified.
Eliza Hermitage, aged 101, goes down a coalmine (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Interview with Eliza Hermitage, who is 101 years old and has just been down the world’s first underground mining museum, Chatterley Whitfield Mining Museum in Stoke-on-Trent. Museum director Jonathan...