Remembering the GLC

Title

Remembering the GLC

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Music

TX Date

24 Mar 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:04:27

Description

Elena Curti reports on a service of thanksgiving for the Greater London Council (abolished 31/03/86). Includes excerpt of a sermon by the Dean of Westminster, the Reverend Edward Carpenter, in which he says London needs an elected authority; reaction to the sermon, by former chairman Tony Banks; Roland Freeman on his elegy for the GLC, played at the service (excerpt heard); celebratory songs and fanfare (following the service) at Piccadilly, as Eros is unveiled, with comment from former GLC leader Ken Livingstone.

Contributors

Ken Livingstone; Tony Banks; Elena Curti; Roland Freeman; Edward Carpenter

Keywords

Politics; London; Local authorities; Local government; GLC; Ceremonies; Celebrations; Governance; Commemorative events; Church services

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