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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 7 of 7 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Monday 2/10/1978
Production Date
Monday 2/10/1978
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
John McManus
Newsreader
Christine Burn
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT: RNW A840J/1: Nick Clarke, snf, talking to Lewis Carter- Jones, Labour M.P. for Eccles, about the T.U.C.’s promise to support the campaign for Peri-Natal care - to improve facilities for both ante- and post-natal care. The biggest problem is the financial one - and the Government has as yet shown no sign of accepting the need for helping to set up five units like the intensive care unit at St Mary’s hospital in Manchester. inc. 16mm film of GVs the intensive care baby unit at St. Mary’s. BBC Stock. Mute. (Nick oov) 3’16’’
RNW A840J/2: Campbell Barclay, snf, reporting from Glasgow on the visit by Lancashire Trades Unionists. He spoke to Bob Howard and Jim Mason from Lancashire, and to James Milne, General Secretary of the Scottish TUC about the problems of bringing the Morecambe Bay gas ashore - how and where the terminals should be sited. BBC Stock. Commag
On Monday 2/10/1978 there were 7 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
GVs gas terminal at Theddlethorpe in Lincolnshire. BBC Stock. Mute. (Nick oov)
0 mins 35 secs
2
Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Geoffrey Bateson, Area Administrator and Raymond Helsby, Surgeon, on the occasion of the opening - at last - of the Liverpool Teaching Hospital. He also spoke to some of the first patients to be installed. Ward. Sepmag.
4 mins 40 secs
3
GVs sandblasting teams in Chester removing the controversial double yellow lines in the city centre. The ban on evening parking has been lifted for a trial period of 12 months. Ward. Mute. (Chris oov)
0 mins 20 secs
4
GVs petrol stations and garages in Cheshire closed due to Esso tanker drivers strike which is now four days old. The talks to settle the dispute broke down this afternoon. Ward. Mute. (Chris oov)
0 mins 17 secs
5
GVs N.W. Gas Depot, where normal working was resumed following the dispute involving supervisors in Manchester. Park. Mute. (Chris oov)
0 mins 18 secs
6
Our weekend event this week was sky-diving or parachuting for the Over-40s: the first national weekend gathering at Cark Airport, Grange-Over-Sands. Secretary of POPS is John Cook, and we also talked to Roy Harrison, Peter Best, and 80 year-old Archie MacFarlane. Stephens. Sepmag / Commag
4 mins 05 secs
7
Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to Mike Senior, Cheshire’s Maintenance Engineer, about the problem of open drains. Too many of the drain covers are being stolen - and there could be a danger of someone being killed by falling down an open drain. Park. Sepmag.
