Our kind of town

Title

Our kind of town

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

4 May 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:53:03

Description

This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Keith Howell and looks at the bridges on the River Thames. Basil Cracknell, author of Portrait of London River, talks about Thames bridges through history. Gillian Thomas of the Colour Design Unit at the GLC, on the painting programme for all the bridges. Assistant Engineering Attendant and Bridgemaster, Keith Bywater, provides a tour and talks about the inner workings of Tower Bridge.

Contributors

Richard Robbins; Basil Cracknell; Gillian Thomas; Keith Bywater

Keywords

Transport; Traffic; British Rail; GLC; Councils; History; Tourism; Rivers; River Thames; Bridges; Tower Bridge; Ships; Houses; Buildings; Land; Historians; Bridge engineering; Modernization; Painting; Roman period; Traffic flow; Pedestrians; Paints; Urban design; Transport infrastructure; Water transport; London Bridge; Piers; Civil engineering; Colour; Maintenance; Horace Jones; Structures; Hydraulic engineering; Pedestrian facilities design; Pedestrian crossings

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