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Tower House hostel visit (1983)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified Tower Hamlets councillors on their visit to controversial homeless hostel, Tower House, in Whitechapel, east London. They comment on poor fire standards and sanitary conditions. Also includes...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Victory Archives, Reel 1: A selection of items - nd [1978]

VICTORY ARCHIVES, REEL 1 [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] A selection of items broadcast on adio Victory during 1977-1978, compiled as an archive reel by the station. TRACK 1- Item 1- JACK MacLAUGHLIN...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

NatWest Tower blaze (1996)

Genre

Interview

Up to six fire crews are battling to quell a blaze at one of London’s major landmarks, the Natwest Tower. The blaze started in a cooling tower on the roof of the building which is being renovated....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

NatWest Tower blaze (1996)

Genre

Interview

Emergency services in the city have won praise for their swift and effective handling of a fire at the top of the NatWest Tower. No-one was injured in the blaze, but 500 workmen had to leave the tower, which...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Battersea tower block fire (1979)

Genre

Interview; News report

Jim Dallmeyer reports from the Castlemaine Tower block of flats in Culvert Street, Battersea after the building was gutted by fire. Female studio reporter not identified. (75-year-old Florence Fyfe died in...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

First raven bred at Tower of London for 300 years (1989)

Genre

Interview

A major British scientific breakthrough was reported today, when the keepers at the Tower of London announced that they have managed to breed the first raven there for 300 years. Simon Bowden paid a visit...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Warder on Tower of London haunting (1982)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male Chief Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London on his role and on the alleged haunting of the Tower. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Christopher Hourmouzious?). (John Russell took over...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Natwest Tower blaze (1996)

Genre

Vox pop

An investigation is underway into the cause of a blaze at one of London’s major landmarks, the NatWest Tower in the City of London. About five hundred workmen renovating Britain’s second highest office...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

NatWest Tower blaze (1996)

Genre

Interview

Fire investigators are sifting through the debris of a blaze at London’s Natwest Tower. Sergeant Charles Owen from City Police says all the construction workers were evacuated safely and it’s too early...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Tower Hamlets taking over GLC’s housing estates (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the preparations in Tower Hamlets for taking over the area’s GLC housing estates after abolition of the GLC. Speaking are: Charlie Goodman, Chairman of the Federation of Tower Hamlets Tenants...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio