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Bill McCall on 24 hour airport strike (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Bill McCall, General Secretary of the Institution of Professional Civil Servants, about a 24 hour strike affecting British airports after wages negotiations with the Civil Service department...

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki 40 years on (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report from Japan on the week long commemorations of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings 40 years ago. Includes interviews with Jacob Beser, the only man to be on both planes that dropped the bombs; Barbara...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Second 24 hour rail strike (1989)

Genre

Interview

Jimmy Knapp, NUR union leader on the success of the second Wednesday 24 hour rail and Underground strike; possible further action to be voted on at NUR conference in Newcastle; and public support for their...

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Tom King and John Biggs-Davison on 24-hour strike by Unionists (1986)

Genre

Speech

A series of three short clips in which Northern Ireland Secretary, Tom King (1 & 2) and Conservative MP, Sir John Biggs-Davison (3) address the House of Commons following yesterday’s violence during the...

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Ian Paisley on forthcoming 24-hour strike in Northern Ireland (1986)

Genre

Interview

Ian Paisley on the 24-hour strike in Northern Ireland (apparently before its commencement - so transmission date 02/03/86 or 03/03/86?). He says that it will be a success, and that it has already achieved...

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Heysel Stadium disaster trial - 24 Liverpool fans (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report

John Fraser reports from Brussels on the trial of 24 Liverpool fans accused of manslaughter over their role in the Heysel Stadium disaster in which 39 people were killed. Liverpool solicitor Sir Harry...

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Kenenth Erskine sentenced to 40 years (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

Tim Crook reports from the Old Bailey, on the trial verdict on Kenneth Erskine, known as the Stockwell Strangler, sentenced to at least 40 years in jail after being found guilty of seven murders and one...

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The Valley of fear [Part 22, 23 and 24] (1987)

A Sherlock Holmes novel. Drama for radio in 25 episodes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Hamish Wilson. Part 22, 23, 24.

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D-Day 40 years on (1984)

Genre

News report; Speech; News bulletin; Special

A selection of D-Day news archives, including the first reports of the landings and reports from a bomber.

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Second 24 hour rail strike (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

John Alcock reports on how the nation fared in the second Wednesday 24 hour rail and Underground strike today over pay and bargaining conditions. Includes vox pop with Liverpool commuters; view of a...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio