Our kind of town

Title

Our kind of town

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

10 Aug 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:52:55

Description

This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Keith Howell and investigates the workings of London’s sewage system. Tours Beckton Sewage Treatment Works with Manager Stan Cooke(?). Then goes onboard the sludge vessel Thames which carries sludge from Beckton to the North Sea and Captain Dave Cobley(?) explains the dumping process and speaks about the ship.

Contributors

Keith Howell; Stan Cooke(?); Dave Cobley(?)

Keywords

Pollution; London; Weather; Working conditions; Railways; Tourism; Sewage disposal; Waste water; River Thames; Water; Seaborne disasters; North Sea; Water treatment; Occupations; Gases; Personnel; Fog; Methane; Hobbies; Bacteria; Occupational safety; Beckton; Waterworks; Sewage works; Cargo ships; Flow; Aquatic plants; Open days

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