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  1. Holloway Prison demolition (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Di Latham talks to former (unidentified) suffragettes who had been prison inmates at Holloway Prison, during the demolition of the building. Discuss the suffragettes and equal pay and discrimination. Crash...

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  2. Public inquiry into GLC practice deemed intrusive (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Union spokesman Fred Hallock(?) on allegations by a Mr Bailey (poss. Ronald Bailey of the Shelter Housing Emergency Committee) into Greater London Council practices regarding house demolition which have...

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  3. Gerry Fitt fights for New Lodge home (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on founder member of the SDLP Gerry Fitt’s fight to save his house in New Lodge, Belfast from demolition after Belfast City Council threats following years of mob violence from both sides of the...

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  4. Ronan Point tower block (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the decision of Newham Council to evacuate and eventually demolish the Ronan Point tower block in east London. The design of the structure is considered unsafe after part of it collapsed following...

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  5. Failure to demolish Hackney tower block (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the failure to fully demolish one of the tower blocks on the Trowbridge Estate, Hackney which the GLC and Hackney Council are planning to replace with low rise traditional social housing. Includes...

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  6. Tower block demolished (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special

    Report as Highworth Point, a tower block of flats in Hackney, is demolished (sirens, explosions and cheering heard) and interview with Susan, the woman who pushed the button to demolish the block. Reporter...

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  7. Piper Alpha oil platform destroyed (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Occidental Petroleum spokesman Alex Blake-Milton on the demolition of the Piper Alpha oil platform: why they chose to detonate earlier than planned, how the demolition went, relief at its finally having...

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  8. Prince Charles highlights threats to Georgian architecture in London (1990)

    Genre
    Speech

    Prince Charles, Prince of Wales makes a speech at the Guildhall, London, regarding the demolition of Georgian era terraces in central London.

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  9. Bulldozers move into Cambridge Park, Wanstead (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    David Kermode reports as bulldozers move in to demolish houses in Cambridge Park, Wanstead occupied by environmental protesters. The houses are to be knocked down to make way for the new M11 link road. John...

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  10. Steven Norris on M11 link road (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    Transport Minister for London, Steven Norris talks to Angela Rippon about the benefits of the M11 link road after protesters were removed from five houses in Cambridge Park, Wanstead. He says the protesters...

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