Marchioness riverboat disaster - 1 year memorial service

Title

Marchioness riverboat disaster - 1 year memorial service

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Music

TX Date

20 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:47

Description

One year on from the Marchioness riverboat disaster, a service has been held in remembrance of the 51 people who lost their lives. Includes interview with survivor Odette Penwarden, who is still looking for justice, and comment from Vice Provost of Southwark Cathedral, Peter Penwarden, and Iain Philpott of the Marchioness Action Group. Also includes part of the sermon by Southwark Cathedral Provost David Edwards, and a choir singing. Report by Simon Bowden.

Contributors

Simon Bowden; Odette Penwarden; Peter Penwarden; David Edwards; Iain Philpott

Keywords

Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Commemorative events; Church services; Anniversaries; Sermons; Southwark Cathedral; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness Action Group; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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