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John MacGregor on child literacy (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

Education Secretary John MacGregor on the issue of literacy levels among seven-year-olds, following the leaking of survey results to the Times Education Supplement. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Reading mayor plants a tree (1981)

An interview with the mayor of Reading planting a tree as a symbol to start a three weeks campaign to plant a new tree in Reading to replace the many that have died or been destroyed. [Box 2]

ILR South Radio Online Audio

The Lady of the Inn: Part 1 (1983)

The World Premier. A performance in 3 Acts of chamber opera by Peter Wishart, recorded in the Great Hall of the University of Reading on 17th June 1983, as part of the Reading Festival. This CD is part 1

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Violence at Reading fair (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on violence at a fairground at Hills Meadow near Reading where a gang of about 150 youths confronted police. Includes interview with Superintendent Alan Cuthill(?). Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Reading and Basingstoke targeted by IRA (1993)

Genre

Interview; News report; Vox pop

Report on an IRA bomb attack aimed at the emergency services at Reading train station. Two other bombs were found, one at Reading, the other at Basingstoke station. Speakers are Detective Superintendent...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Thatcher speaks to unions (1980)

Genre

Speech

Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 01/11/80 to the annual conference of Conservative Trade Unionists in Reading, calling for an end to restrictive practices now affecting newspapers and on need to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Missing boy Lester Chapman (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with local residents in Reading who have given up their time to help look for the missing schoolchild Lester Chapman. They describe the difficult conditions of the search, how well organised the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Steve Jones show (1988)

Genre

Interview

Bertice Reading joins Steve Jones and discusses her career as singer and dancer and her new role as Bloody Mary in the musical South Pacific at the Prince of Wales Theatre; the show, and the people coming to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Explosives found in Reading (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

Felicity Barr reports back to Peter Deeley? about the discovery of high explosives on a train from Manchester to Bournemouth. The explosives were discovered in Reading after the bag they were hidden in was...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Satanic Verses reading (1989)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

The first public reading in Britain of Salman Rushdie’s controversial book, The Satanic Verses, has gone ahead without trouble. Rushdie is still in hiding due to the death threat (fatwa) issued by an...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio