London Bridge 100 year anniversary

Title

London Bridge 100 year anniversary

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

30 Jun 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:04:27

Description

Mark Phillips reports on the 100th anniversary of London Bridge, looking back at its history and at the celebrations. Includes City Engineer Colin Snowdon explaining the restoration and maintenence of the bridge and the intinary of the celebrations; Lord Mayor of London Paul Newall speech before Prince Charles, Prince of Wales unveils a celebratory plaque and pays tribute to the engineering of the bridge; Geoff Adams describes Port of London Authority celebrations on coming Saturday. For Drivetime programme.

Contributors

Prince Charles; Prince of Wales; Mark Phillips; Paul Newall; Colin Snowdon; Geoff Adams

Keywords

London; Anniversary celebrations; Royal family; Royalty; Bridges; Tower Bridge; Restoration; Bridge engineering; Anniversaries; Drivetime (radio programme); Centenaries; PLA

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