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USA to send troops to Gulf (1990)

Genre

Speech

Following a meeting of NATO foreign ministers earlier today, US Secretary of State, James Baker defends the USA’s decision to send troops to the Gulf.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Reaction to the birth of Princess Beatrice; Meatloaf at the Reading Festival; Sir Michael Horden protests about Newbury by-pass; Edwina Currie meets pensioners (1988)

Four programmes with different transmission dates in one tape. Track 1- Reaction to the birth name of Princess Beatrice, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, pub open all day: 22-08-1988; Track 2-...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Douglas Hurd and Tom King on decision to send British forces to Gulf (1990)

Genre

Press conference; Speech

Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd on the decision to send British forces to the Gulf as a contribution to a multi-national effort for the defence of Saudi Arabia and other Arab states under threat of Iraqi...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Send detention centre (1981)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report from the Send young offender’s detention centre in Surrey on the centre and the new strict regime. Speaking are: Chief Prison Officer Peter Potts(?); chief PT instructor Bert Seekins(?); Home Office...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Uganda Airlines crash - 33 killed in Rome (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

A Uganda Airlines plane has crashed in Rome, killing more than thirty people. Dairy farmer Geoff Gait(?), his wife and their baby managed to escape relatively unharmed. They were on their way to Uganda to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Heseltine on Buccaneer deployment in Lebanon (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine on the decision to send Bucanneer aircraft to Cyprus to support the peacekeepers in the Lebanon. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Mercury phones debut at Waterloo station (1988)

Genre

Vox pop

New Mercury telephone boxes made their debut at Waterloo station yesterday, and to give them a send off, potential customers were offered a free forty pence credit card. Rodney Bennett asked some how they...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Heseltine on Buccaneer deployment in Lebanon (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine about the decision to send 6 low-level carrier-based maritime strike Buccaneer aircraft to Cyprus to support British peacekeepers in the Lebanon. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Two rescued from Guernsey rig (1978)

Genre

Interview

An accident on the Orion oil rig off the coast of Guernsey saw its crew rescued by lifeboat and helicopter as winds of up to 60mph threatened to send the men into the sea. David Metcalfe was in charge of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

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...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio