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Penlee lifeboat disaster - New lifeboat crew (1981)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker (poss. RNLI training officer Les Vipond) on the formation and training of a new lifeboat crew following the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). He says the new crew is made up of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Voyage of a Lifetime: Claire Jarvis talks about her sailing experience - nd [1975-1986]

An interview with Claire Jarvis. She talks about her experience sailing in the Canarias Islands. The trip started in the port of Las Palmas, with a great group of people working as a crew. She fell in love...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Short story (1986)

aka: The crew of the lansing

Serialised short stories. Drama for radio, by William Hope Hodgson, read by Hamish Wilson

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Shipwreck survivor tells story (1977)

Genre

Interview

Barry Wells was the only survivor of a shipwreck off of the Cornish coast. He explains what happened once the crew abandoned ship, and what caused the wreck. He describes the rescue and comments on losing...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Firemen’s strike - crew puts out fire despite strike (1977)

Genre

Interview

Firemen comment on why the crew acted on a fire despite being on strike over wages. Male speakers and interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Penlee lifeboat disaster - New crew members already volunteering (1981)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker on the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81. He says tragedies like this are unusual - the last lifeboat disaster was in Fraserburgh, Scotland in 1970. Within hours of the tragedy,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Penlee lifeboat disaster - Crew and conditions (1981)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker on the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81, in which eight lifeboat men from Mousehole, Cornwall lost their lives trying to rescue another vessel. Speaker says there were four...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

All-female crew complete Whitbread Round the World Race (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

The all-female crew of the yacht Maiden are back on dry land after becoming the first team to complete the gruelling 33,000 miles Whitbread Round the World Race. Tracy Edwards and her crew sailed home to a...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

New compulsory seat belt law (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on motorists’ compliance with the new compulsory seat belt law which came into force this morning. Includes interviews with motorists and Chief Superiintendent of the Metropolitan Police Traffic...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Crew members on the SS Canberra (1982)

Genre

Interview

Members of the crew of the SS Canberra, en route to the Falkland Islands, talk to Kim Sabido about how they are coping with the long journey. Boredom and a lack of communicated information are the main...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio