Widow on Marchioness disaster
- Title
- Widow on Marchioness disaster
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 24 Aug 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:14
- Description
- Deborah Faldo, the widow of Marchioness skipper Stephen, is interviewed on Southwark Bridge as the boat is towed away. She says he loved his job and was good at it. The Marchioness sank with the loss of 51 lives following collision with the dredger Bowbelle. Male interviewer not identified. For AM programme.
- Contributors
- Deborah Faldo
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; Sailors; Rivers; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Salvage; AM (radio programme); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Stephen Faldo; Marchioness disaster (1989)
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