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Queen Victoria recording (1991)

Genre

Speech

Archive clip which is believed to be the only recording of Queen Victoria, thought to have been made at Balmoral Castle in 1888. The message includes the words: Greetings...the answer must be...I have never...

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Village Life: Arborfield (1987)

Mike Matthews this week visit the village life of Arborfield and Arborfield Cross. It lies 5 miles South of Reading on the A327 in Berkshire. The village has a long association with the Royal Electrical and...

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High Court ruling on contraceptives - Victoria Gillick reaction (1983)

Genre

Interview

Tim Crook interviews Victoria Gillick after she lost her High Court challenge to prevent doctors prescribing the Pill to underage girls without parental consent.

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Queen Victoria’s knickers sold (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Edome Broughton-Adderley about auction where she paid £160 for a pair of Queen Victoria’s bloomers.

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US bid to buy Victoria Station (1978)

Genre

News report

Peter Spencer reports on a bid to buy London Victoria Railway Station by Antique World in the USA and turn it into an antique market. Music at the beginning and end is Destination Victoria Station by Johnny...

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Victoria and Albert Museum (1975)

Genre

Interview

The Victoria and Albert Museum has a new Victorian gift shop, a large affair with a craft area. It will open next February; here an unidentified male spokesman talks about the opening, and the range of...

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MP on IRA bomb at Victoria station (1991)

Genre

Press conference

An unidentified male MP speaks at a press conference about the bomb that exploded in a litter bin at Victoria railway station in London (18/02/91) killing one man and injuring 38.

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Victoria rail strike action (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with an NUR spokesman on an unofficial strike by rail guards at Victoria Station in Central London. Female interviewer not identified.

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Postman’s account of Victoria Street bomb (1992)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a postman on a bomb blast just before midnight in Victoria Street, near Westminster, London. Bob Mulligan, 52, of Rotherhithe, South London was on his way to work when the bomb went off less...

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Victoria Scott on failed disabled rights bill (1994)

Genre

Interview

Victoria Scott says the Government behaved shamefully in blocking the bill to improve the rights of disabled people. She is a charity worker for the disability lobby and the daughter of Nicholas Scott, the...

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