Docklands - Dead or just resting?

Title

Docklands - Dead or just resting?

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

25 Aug 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:52:25

Description

Programme examining the demise of London’s docklands, now being taken over by private enterprise to regenerate the area and cash in on its fashionable status. On the people and politics of the old docklands, subjects discussed by the people themselves. Ex-dock workers speak of the history of the docks and the work which used to be carried out, now done mainly by machines, which has cut down manpower, whereas the docks used to be a huge area of employment for London. Speaking are: Peter Brill, radio documentary maker; Leonard Bates; Roger Charlesworth; Eddie Corbett; David Donoghue; Bradwell Evans; Terry Hatton; Jack Hart; Andrew Howard; Connie Hunt; Geoff Jenkinson; Viv Ramsey.

Contributors

Peter Brill; Leonard Bates; Roger Charlesworth; Eddie Corbett; David Donoghue; Bradwell Evans; Terry Hatton; Jack Hart; Andrew Howard; Connie Hunt; Geoff Jenkinson; Viv Ramsey

Keywords

London; Urban regeneration; Employment; Docklands; History; LDDC; Urban development; Dock workers; Dockyards; Radio documentaries

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