Thatcher visits bombed barracks

Title

Thatcher visits bombed barracks

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

25 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:24

Description

Catherine Bayfield reports on a visit to Deal in Kent by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, following the an IRA bomb attack on the Royal Marines barracks which killed eleven bandsmen. She visited the wounded and inspected the wrecked barracks. Includes interviews with Maureen Bane, hospital administrator; Margaret Thatcher.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Catherine Bayfield; Maureen Bane

Keywords

Deaths; Armed forces; Margaret Thatcher; Terrorism; Kent; IRA; Prime ministers; Navy; Bombs; Marines; Royal Marines School of Music; Deal

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