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John Mundya on broadside warship weapons (1981)

Genre

Interview

John Munday of the National Maritime Museum on the history of broadside warship weapons. He says the biggest shot fired from a battleship weighed 42 pounds. Male interviewer not identified.

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The Flowering of the Rose, report on the finding of the wreck Mary Rose (1979)

TRACK 1 from AV1/VR2/S1. The Flowering of The Rose, report on the finding of the wreck Mary Rose. Programme of interviews in the Victory Report Series. Introduction:- The story of the search, the underwater...

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HMS London fires last broadside (1981)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the last firing of the broadside on HMS London. Includes interviews with naval historian John Munday of the National Maritime Museum, about the history of the broadside; former sailor John Riggs,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Dirty old river (1986)

Genre

Feature

Feature on the social and natural history of the Thames, its current uses and views on future uses. Includes interviews with Bob Aspinall, Archivist at Port of London Authority; Chris Bailey of Thames Water...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Magnus Magnusson on his book, The Vikings (1980)

Genre

Interview

Broadcaster and Mastermind host Magnus Magnusson on the book he has written about the Vikings. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Bill Sparks WW2 memories (1985)

Genre

Interview

Remembrance Day special with Cockleshell Hero Bill Sparks recalling the Royal Marine canoe raid on enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour during the Second World War. On the raid, his escape across France and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Flower of the fleet (1982)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Special

Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, lay forgotten in the mud of the Solent for 400 years after being sunk during an attack on Portsmouth by the French. Here we get an account of why and how she sank, and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Our kind of town (1979)

Genre

Feature

Our Kind of Town. Presented by Richard Robbins, from Greenwich. Includes interviews with Caroline Wilson, who lives in Vanbrugh Castle in Greenwich Park; Commander of the Royal Naval College, John Munday,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ocean Sound This Week No.46: Programme 46 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

Ocean Sound This Week, No 46 Programme 46 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 6 September 1987. Presented by PAUL EASTON....

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Ocean Sound This Week No.45: Programme 45 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 45 Programme 45 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 30 August 1987. Presented by GUY HORNSBY....

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