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Expanding London’s transport (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with GLC planning spokesperson Shelagh Roberts about expanding the London rail network. It looks at where the railway needs to be expanded, the new tunnel under the Thames and what the new lines...

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Angels claim first success (1989)

Genre

Interview

Interview with founder of the Guardian Angels vigilante group, Curtis Sliwa, on claims that they had prevented their first crime on the London Underground rail network. He says three American members, over...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

New fire regulations for Underground (1989)

Genre

Interview

Margaret Shiels interviews London’s chief fire officer, Gerald Clarkson, on the introduction of strict new fire regulations on London’s Underground and rail network- ordered after the Fennell Report into...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Guardian Angels train UK recruits (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the US Guardian Angels vigilante group training British recruits to patrol the London Underground rail network. Includes recording of training session with founder, Curtis Sliwa and instructor,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Near miss at Bickley station (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Chapman reports on an investigation into why a London commuter train ploughed off the rails near Bromley in Kent. The accident has renewed fears over the safety of trains operating while signal workers...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

International Model Railway Exhibition, Thomas the Tank Engine (1989)

Genre

Interview; News report

Mark Percy reports on Thomas the Tank Engine creator, the Reverend W. Awdry at the International Model Railway Exhibition. He interviews the writer about the success of the stories, originally created for...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ocean Sound This Week No.49: Programme 49 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 49 Programme 49 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 27 September 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER....

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Ocean Sound This Week No.52: Programme 52 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 52 Programme 52 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 18 October 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER....

ILR South Radio Online Audio