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Royal British Legion funding (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Air Vice Marshall Charles Maughan, General Secretary of the Royal British Legion, on the problems of funding and of increasing costs and need for their services, as outlined in their recent...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.55: Programme 55 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 55 Programme 55 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 8 November 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER....

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British Legion raises funds for Falklands families (1982)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified British Legion spokesman on the funds being raised for the families of servicemen and other personnel in the Falkland Islands. Female interviewer not identified.

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Poppy appeal launched by Prince Andrew (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

James Matthews reports on a call by Prince Andrew (Duke of York) for people to wear a poppy for the victims of terrorism as this year’s Remembrance Day appeal gets underway. The Royal British Legion is...

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Royal British Legion commemorate the dead (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

It is fifty years since the Japanese surrendered and the end of the Second World War. Two Royal British Legion officials, Graham Downing and Bert Reeves, are interviewed on being allowed into London’s...

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Royal British Legion commemorate the dead (1995)

Genre

Interview

Former POWs held by the Japanese in the Second World War have been allowed to lay a wreath inside London’s County Hall. Initially, its Japanese owners had refused to allow veterans inside the building, but...

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Monty at large (1979)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

In this week’s edition Monty Modlyn visits the Royal British Legion factory in Richmond, south London, which supplies poppies for the Remembrance Day appeal for war veterans. He speaks to volunteers and...

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Remembrance day service (1981)

Genre

News report; Speech; Music

Report on a Royal British Legion Remembrance Day ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall which was attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Charles and Princess Diana (who is pregnant). The Last Post...

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History of the Poppy Appeal (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview about the history of the Poppy Appeal which raises money for servicemen and explaining how the replica poppies are made. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.

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VE and VJ day 50th anniversary events (1995)

Genre

Interview

Interview with spokesman for the Royal British Legion Jeremy Lillis on the organisation of the recent 50th anniversary VE day celebrations and the upcoming VJ day commemorative events, both of which he is...

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