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Hartley family funeral after Zeebrugge ferry disaster

Title
Hartley family funeral after Zeebrugge ferry disaster
Genre
News report; Speech
TX Date
29 Apr 1987
Year of production
1987
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Duration
00:01:43
Description
Report on the funeral of the Hartley family, killed in the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster, at St Mary’s Church, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. The service was conducted by Rev. Leslie Walters (sermon excerpt heard) and was attended by orphaned survivor, eight-year-old Martin Hartley. Male reporter not identified.
Contributors
Leslie Walters
Keywords
Deaths; Shipwrecks; Derbyshire; Funerals; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; Disasters (events); Church services; Martin Hartley; Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Herald of free Enterprise; Zeebrugge; Townsend Thoresen; Elsie Hartley; Richard Hartley; Joseph Hartley; Hazel Hartley; Ilkeston

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