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Council housing flaws and tenant’s charter (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a male speaker (not identified - poss. a GLC member) about the poor state of council housing estates in London and architectural design flaws due to economic restraints. The interview comes...

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Inquest into Fencing accident (1983)

Tenant John Walburn collapsed and died after been stabbed with a Russian blade braking off the tip, while practising the London Thames Fencing club. His opponent, a 30-year-old Mr Peter Whiteside, a close...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Tory views on council tenants criticised (1979)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified spokesman (poss. Robert Mosley) for the Association of London Housing Estates on the organisation’s concens over anti-council tenant sentiments expressed by a staff member within the personal...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Smithfield market facelift (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on a radical facelift for London’s Smithfield meat market to fall in line with European standards of hygiene. Includes interviews with Norman Wood, the Corporation of London’s Superintendent for...

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Weston Rise Estate (1996)

Genre

News report; Interview

Lisa Costello reports on accusations of gross incompetence levelled at Islington Council in London by a group of council tenants living on the 1960s Weston Rise Estate; lack of security with improvements...

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Notting Hill fire (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Phil Bacon reports on a fire at private rented accommodation in Notting Hill, West London, owned by Golden Hall Homes. The properties have now been purchased by the local council. Speaking are: Inspector...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Public Eye documentary on Westminster Council asbestos report (1995)

Genre

Interview

Former tenant Anisatu Kamara speaking on this evening’s BBC Public Eye television documentary which investigated allegations made in a confidential report that Conservative run Westminster City Council put...

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Margaret Thatcher’s former landlord on his tenant (1989)

Genre

Interview

On the day of Margaret Thatcher’s tenth anniversary in power, her former landlord has revealed that the Prime Minister was once stopped for speeding, and that she did not like washing up. Margaret...

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Lamont in 2 scandals (1992)

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

There have been calls for the resignation of Chancellor Norman Lamont after it emerged he used taxpayers’ money to pay legal bills in a court fight to evict his tenant sex therapist Sara Dale and he is...

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Ronan Point tower block (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the decision of Newham Council to evacuate and eventually demolish the Ronan Point tower block in east London. The design of the structure is considered unsafe after part of it collapsed following...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio