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Letter bombs from Belgium (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a police spokesman on a series of letter bombs that arrived from Belgium. He suggests they may have been IRA bombs aimed at industrialists. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Reading Fire Bombs (1981)

Police have warned people in Reading to be on their guard for more petrol bombs which may have been planted in the town. The warning follows last night’s series of attacks on cars which caused only minor...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

The Shadow of the Eagle [Part 1] (1985)

Padraig Coyle traces the conflict in Europe following Hitler’s rise to power through some of the soldiers and civilians whose lives were changed forever by Hitler’s dream of world domination. Among those...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Birmingham letter bombs (1979)

Genre

Interview

2 interviews (break in recording) with Birmingham Post Office spokesman and worker on letter bombs at a sorting office there. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

New IRA bombs (1977)

Genre

Interview

British Army spokesman on new bombs being used by the IRA in Northern Ireland and improvements in the Army’s detection and neutralisation of bombs. Speaker and interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Birmingham letter bombs (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Detective Chief Constable of West Midlands Police (poss. Sir Philip Knights) on Birmingham letter bombs.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Bombs found in London pub (1992)

Genre

Interview

Two fire bombs have been found in the Marquis of Granby public house in Shaftesbury Avenue, London. An unidentified male workman tells how he discovered the devices. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Oxford Street bombs (1981)

Genre

Press conference

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Neivens gives a press conference about the bombs planted at Oxford Street in London on 26 Oct 1981 and makes an appeal for information.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Manchester IRA bombings (1992)

Genre

Press conference

Greater Manchester’s Assistant Chief Constable Jim Paterson gives a press statement following the explosion of two bombs in Manchester’s commercial district. He explains what happened, condemns the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Firemen’s strike - Northern Ireland bombs (1977)

Genre

News report

Report on two bombs going off in Northern Ireland during the firemen’s strike over wages and the work being done by the army replacement crews. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio