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NI security forces defended (1991)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified army officer? defending the security forces in Northern Ireland following the recent terrorist atrocities, including a heightened presence on the streets in the run up to Christmas. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Widow of bomb disposal expert Ken Howarth - nd [1975-1986]

See also AV769/335/S1. Ann and son Steven Howarth. 6, Malham Fell, Wildridings, Bracknell. Their house is at the end of a little cul-de-sac, opposite the Green Man Pub. Ken Howarth went to a Wimpey bar on...

ILR South 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

Ann Campbell on army brutality claims in Northern Ireland (1977)

Genre

Interview; News report

Ann Campbell, spokeswoman for the organisation Peace People, on monitoring Army arrests in Northern Ireland in response to claims of army brutality by prisoners at detention and interrogation centres.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Army victim loses legs in terror attack (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Fuselier Paul Hartley and his wife on their reaction to the Northern Ireland terrorist bomb attack in which he lost both legs, his decision to join the army, and the support he has received...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Tom King visits injured soldiers in Northern Ireland (1988)

Genre

Press conference

Northern Ireland Secretary, Tom King speaks to reporters as he visits injured soldiers in Northern Ireland following the bombing of an Army bus which killed 8 British soldiers.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Explosive device found at home of former Northern Ireland army commander (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

James Bays reports on the discovery of an explosive device at the Oxfordshire home of General Anthony Farrar-Hockley, a former Northern Ireland army commander. Chief Inspector Laurie Fray of Thames Valley...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Queen Mother in Northern Ireland (1983)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on a visit by the Queen Mother to Northern Ireland, where she met members of the Territorial Army in Ballymena as part of the group’s seventy-fifth anniversary celebrations. Includes excerpt from...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Clockwork Orange existence admitted (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview with former Northern Ireland Secretary Merlyn Rees following the MOD admitting they did have an operation in the 1970s in Northern Ireland codenamed Clockwork Orange and army officer Colin Wallace...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Army captain on conscientious objection (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Captain Michael Briggs, on his release from the army as a conscientious objector due to his beliefs over military activity in Northern Ireland. Male interviewer not identified. Poor sound...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio