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Brixton policeman retires after 40 years (1987)

Genre

Interview

Interview with retiring policeman, Alan Flemming, on forty years on the beat in Brixton, South London. In 3 parts. Part 2 on the ethnic makeup of the area and how it and attitudes to police have changed....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

D-Day 40 years on (1984)

Genre

Speech

Speeches by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury and the Queen Mother on the 40th anniversary of the D-Day landings. From the ceremonies in Portsmouth.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Grant for novel written by spirits (1987)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Peter Froude, from Bournemouth, who is receiving pounds 40 a week from the Government to write a novel; says four spirits are writing the book: a deceased English historian, an Eastern man...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Tehran hostage Richard Queen released (1980)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Andrew Manderstam reports on the release by Iranian militants of one of their hostages, Richard Queen, Vice Consul at the US embassy in Tehran, due to the onset of multiple sclerosis and whether this may...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Advertisement No.173 - nd [April 1983]

Track 1- The Hamilton [0:30 sec]. Track 2- Portsmouth Football prom; also Levi jeans [0:23 sec]. Track 3- M and M Spanish Homes [2 takes];[0:52 sec]. Track 4- J Clarke and Company [0:29 sec]. Track 5- H Bone...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

VE day 40th anniversary - Londoner’s memories (1985)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Londoner Bernard Abraham on his memories of VE day 40 years ago including a fireworks display. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Rodney Bennett).

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Richard Nixon speech excerpts (1974)

Genre

Speech

Excerpts from speeches of US President Richard Nixon, 1952-73 (or 74?) (28 items). Special feed from ABC Radio News to London Broadcasting. 1: 22/08/73. Nixon will not resign. 2: 30/04/73. Responsibility for...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sale of Dorchester Hotel to Sultan of Brunei (1985)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the Director of Regent International Joe Shelton on the sale of the Dorchester Hotel to the Sultan of Brunei for £40 million, on the understanding that the group will continue to manage the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Train crash near Brighton (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Assistant Divisional Fire Officer, George Hammond, on the scene at a train crash near Brighton after two passenger trains collided (19/12/78). Male reporter not identified. (Five people were...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Nagasaki bomb legacy (1985)

Genre

News report

Report on how the victims of the bombing on Nagasaki are still recovering from their injuries 40 years on. It also covers how the original site was changed and how the bomb missed its proposed target.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio