Marchioness disaster-travel agent reacts

Title

Marchioness disaster-travel agent reacts

Genre

Interview

TX Date

22 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:05

Description

Steve Blower interviews travel agent Tricia Lunn of Williams Travel in Southend after the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger Bowbelle on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). She says it will take days to get over the shock of booking a party of middle-aged people aboard The Marchioness on the trip before it sank and she was devastated when she heard about the tragedy.

Contributors

Steve Blower; Tricia Lunn

Keywords

Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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