Royal Greenwich Observatory threatened with closure

Title

Royal Greenwich Observatory threatened with closure

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 Mar 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:05:28

Description

Report on the news that the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Sussex will have to close and/or relocate as a result of financial cutbacks. Includes Head of the Observatory’s Time Department, Dr John Pilkington and Archivist, Janet Dudley on the origins of the Observatory and the threat of closure that currently hangs over it. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Pilkington; Janet Dudley

Keywords

Cost reduction; Time; Clocks; Royal Greenwich Observatory; Astronomical observatories; Sussex; Astronomy; Time measuring instruments; Hailsham; East Sussex; Science and Engineering Research Council

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