Chiswick refuge

Title

Chiswick refuge

Genre

News report; Interview; Music

TX Date

25 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:17:15

Description

Report on the Chiswick Family Rescue Centre for victims of domestic violence, its history, effect on treating victims, and opposition to it, and poor living conditions due to lack of funds. Speaking are: Anne Ashby, who runs the centre; neighbour Guy Beggs(?); deputy leader of Hounslow council, John Grigg; founder of the centre, Erin Pizzey; two of the women who stay at the hostel. Female reporter not identified. The song Only Women Bleed by Alice Cooper and Dick Wagner is played part way through the report.

Contributors

Erin Pizzey; Alice Cooper; Anne Ashby; Guy Beggs(?); John Grigg; Dick Wagner

Keywords

London; Cost reduction; GLC; Violence; Women; Fundraising; Erin Pizzey; Domestic violence; Hostels; Living conditions; Children (family); Safety; Chiswick; Hounslow Council; Neighbourhoods

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