Network - St Michaels: The devastated village

Title

Network - St Michaels: The devastated village

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Special

TX Date

Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:23:31

Description

St Michaels: The Devastated Village. This Network programme examines the aftermath of the Abbeystead waterworks disaster, when a water pump exploded during a visit by forty-two local residents on 23/05/84, killing sixteen and leaving twenty-eight others seriously injured. The speakers include: survivors, John Cobb; Pat Kaylor; Len Watts; John Holmes; Jim Burrow, NFU spokesman; Frank Hogarth, Wyreside filling station; Albert Clayton, local resident; the Reverend Lawrence Davies, local vicar; Diana Gardner, Women’s Institute and widow of victim. The writer and narrator is Keith Macklin. The producer is Michael Green. Originally broadcast on Red Rose Radio.

Contributors

Red Rose Radio; John Cobb; John Holmes; Jim Burrow; Michael Green; Pat Kaylor; Lawrence Davies; Len Watts; Frank Hogarth; Albert Clayton; Diana Gardner; Keith Macklin

Keywords

Accidents; Deaths; Lancashire; Explosions; Gas explosions; Accidental death; Water companies; Abbeystead; Water pumps; Waterworks; St Michaels on Wyre

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