Balcombe Street siege

Title

Balcombe Street siege

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Feb 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:04:50

Description

Jill Lourie interviews Sheila and John Matthews, hostages in the IRA Balcombe Street siege (1975) after the end of the resulting court case in 1977; about their memories of the event and how they hate the home where they were held hostage.

Contributors

Jill Lourie; Sheila Matthews; John Matthews

Keywords

London; Terrorism; IRA; Trials; Hostages; Sieges; Martin O’Connell; Edward Butler; Harry Duggan; Hugh Doherty; Sheila Matthews; John Matthews

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