Marchioness disaster-memorial service

Title

Marchioness disaster-memorial service

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:00

Description

Oni Bhattacharya interviews Ronald Bowlby, the Bishop of Southwark, about a memorial service at Southwark Cathedral for survivors and relatives of victims of the Marchioness Thames riverboat tragedy (20/08/89). As a mark of respect for the dead, a special commemorative stone laid in the cathedral will be blessed by the bishop. Broadcast on the LBC AM programme.

Contributors

Ronald Bowlby; Oni Bhattacharya

Keywords

Deaths; London; Funerals; River Thames; Boats; Bishops; Disasters (events); Church services; Memorials; Southwark Cathedral; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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