Our kind of town

Title

Our kind of town

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

9 Dec 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:45:41

Description

Our Kind of Town. Greg Strange visits the Automobile Association’s operations centre in Stanmore, Middlesex. Speakers include telephone supervisor Dougal Glowrie(?); radio supervisor Jack Hegley; patrol man Ian Barnard; Jim Pannay(?) of the AA relay service; Joyce Smith of the AA’s information bureau; Denise Malone of the weather room; Doreen Jenkins of Roadwatch. Also Mike Alexander reading the travel news. Producer is Bavin Cook. Interviews are in mono. Several breaks in recording (possibly where commercial breaks edited out).

Contributors

Greg Strange; Bavin Cook; Mike Alexander; Doreen Jenkins; Dougal Glowrie(?); Jack Hegley; Ian Barnard; Joyce Smith; Denise Malone; Jim Pannay(?)

Keywords

London; Motor vehicles; Weather; AA; Travel; Police; Cars; Middlesex; Stanmore; Automobile Association; Norman Baxter(?); Laurie Keenan(?); Vehicle recovery services; Road vehicle maintenance

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