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Big Bo on Falklands song (1982)

Genre

Interview; Music

Country music artist and Nottingham bricklayer Big Bo(?) talks about his song, The Ballad of the Sheffield, written after the sinking of HMS Sheffield off the Falkland Islands. Male interviewer not identified.

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The night is young (1989)

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Music; Advertisement; Trailer

The Night is Young. Gill Pyrah interviews author Hammond Innes. He discusses the craft of writing and his output, including new novel Medusa, a travel book on East Anglia, and a fictional diary of Captain...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Bill Boaks on road safety campaign (1982)

Genre

Interview

Former World War II naval officer Bill Boaks on his road safety campaigns and simultaneous candidacies in the Peckham and Birmingham Northfield by-elections. Male interviewer not identified.

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Sinking of the Belgrano (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with author Arthur Gavshon on the sinking of the Belgrano during the Falklands War and the involvement of the USA during the conflict. His book The Sinking of the Belgrano, co-authored with Desmond...

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Tim Taylor and Helen Windsor marriage (1992)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Royal Navy Commander Michael Taylor about the marriage of his son, art dealer Tim Taylor, to Lady Helen Windsor, in the grounds of Windsor Castle. Interviewer not heard. Broadcast originally...

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Rear Admiral Sir Raymond Lie-Go talks about military operations (1982)

Rear Admiral Sir Raymond Lie-Go with Barney Jones after the taking of South Georgia on how the task force is equipped to cope with the South Atlantic. One of Britain’s most distinguished former naval...

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Conclusion of Vincennes accident report (1988)

Genre

Speech

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral William Crowe gives a statement about the report that followed the US Navy cruiser USS Vincennes’ shooting down civilian Iranian Air Flight 655. He admits...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

11-year-old boy flies across Atlantic (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

At 11 Christopher Marshall has become the youngest person to fly across the Atlantic. Today he touched down in Paris with his two co-pilots, teddy bear Charles Lindbeargh and former US Navy pilot Randy Duke...

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Falklands war - wife of officer interviewed (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Patricia Kelly of Portsmouth, wife of Chief Petty Officer Michael Kelly aboard HMS Sheffield, on the lack of information about her husband’s shore leave following his official duty in the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Falklands war - HMS Glasgow returns (1982)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special

Report on the return to Portsmouth of HMS Glasgow following the end of hostilities in the Falklands War. Includes recording of an attack on the HMS Glasgow during the war made by Captain Paul Hoddinott;...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio