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Betty Boothroyd becoming Chancellor of the Open University (1995)

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

Ed Boyle reporting on Betty Boothroyd being appointed Chancellor of the Open University, in addition to her existing responsibilities as a formidable Speaker of the House of Commons. With archive cuts of...

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Victory Report: Advice centres (1979)

Victory Special report on advice - giving agencies: what they do and why they are necessary with interviews with representatives from different types of agencies. Track 1- 1. Citizens Advice Bureaus, over...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Betty Boothroyd elected new Speaker (1992)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on the election of Betty Boothroyd as the new Speaker of the House of Commons, first woman in the job. With bid speeches from challenger Peter Brooke and Boothroyd; Boothroyd acceptance speech; Brooke...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Betty Millard wants state pension raised (1978)

Genre

Interview

Betty Millard of the National Federation of OAPs, on the level of the state pension. Millard wants to see the pension linked to the industrial earnings claiming that the cost of life has increased...

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Betty Schiess on women bishops (1988)

Genre

Interview

Lawrence Spicer interviews the Reverend Betty Bone Schiess on women priests and bishops with reference to a meeting by Anglican Churches in Canterbury. Schiess talks of the Americans’ acceptance and the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Betty Williams on women’s peace movement (1976)

Genre

Interview

Vivian White interviews Mrs Betty Williams about the women’s peace movement, which grew up in the wake of the deaths of the Maguire children in West Belfast. Williams denies being an organiser of the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Peter Terry shooting (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

Simon Israel reports on the shooting of the former Governor General of Gibraltar, Sir Peter Terry, by an IRA cell believed to be operating in the Midlands. Includes excerpts from interview with wife, Lady...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Peace People movement in Northern Ireland (1980)

Genre

Feature

Audio montage on the Peace People movement in Northern Ireland four years after the movement was founded by Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams. The speakers include: Betty Williams; and poss. Mairead...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Betty Boothroyd on Labour defectors (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Labour MP Betty Boothroyd urging members of the Labour Party to fight for changes within the party rather than defect after Shirley Williams and other members have left to form the Social...

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Betty Williams resigns from Peace People (1980)

Genre

Interview

Interview on the resignation of Belfast-based Peace People co-founder Betty Williams from the organisation. Female speaker not identified - possibly Mairead Corrigan. Male interviewer not identified (poss....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio