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John Mundya on broadside warship weapons (1981)

Genre
Interview

John Munday of the National Maritime Museum on the history of broadside warship weapons. He says the biggest shot fired from a battleship weighed 42 pounds. Male interviewer not identified.
LBC IRN Radio Online Audio
HMS London fires last broadside (1981)

Genre
Interview; News report

Report on the last firing of the broadside on HMS London. Includes interviews with naval historian John Munday of the National Maritime Museum, about the history of the broadside; former sailor John Riggs,...
LBC IRN Radio Online Audio
Dirty old river (1986)

Genre
Feature

Feature on the social and natural history of the Thames, its current uses and views on future uses. Includes interviews with Bob Aspinall, Archivist at Port of London Authority; Chris Bailey of Thames Water...
LBC IRN Radio Online Audio
Magnus Magnusson on his book, The Vikings (1980)

Genre
Interview

Broadcaster and Mastermind host Magnus Magnusson on the book he has written about the Vikings. Male interviewer not identified.
LBC IRN Radio Online Audio
Bill Sparks WW2 memories (1985)

Genre
Interview

Remembrance Day special with Cockleshell Hero Bill Sparks recalling the Royal Marine canoe raid on enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour during the Second World War. On the raid, his escape across France and...
LBC IRN Radio Online Audio
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...
LBC IRN Radio Online Audio
Our kind of town (1979)

Genre
Feature

Our Kind of Town. Presented by Richard Robbins, from Greenwich. Includes interviews with Caroline Wilson, who lives in Vanbrugh Castle in Greenwich Park; Commander of the Royal Naval College, John Munday,...
LBC IRN Radio Online Audio