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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 3 of 3 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Tuesday 12/8/1980
Production Date
Tuesday 12/8/1980
Introduced By
David Davies, snf
Producer
Steve Ireland
Newsreader
Christine Burn
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT : RNW A033N/5: (16mm film)
Malcolm Balen, snf, talking to Ken Powel from Save Britain’s Heritage, about the results of a survey done by them which shows that many of the nonconformist chapels in the area are decaying and also suggests how they may be saved from further disintegration. Sepmag. Higginson. 146’ 3’54”
STUDIO:
Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the proposed lay-offs this autumn of workers at Leyland and the effect on other truck manufacturers in the North West of the recession. Incl. 16mm film in which the Leyland works convenor Alex Calder said the decision was probably inevitable. Martin Henfield also spoke to some of the workers. Commag. Ward/BBC Stock. 102’ 2’43”
TOTAL DUR: 3’05”
On Tuesday 12/8/1980 there were 3 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1.
Debi Davies, snf, reporting on the success of the rural bus service based in Clitheroe. She spoke to Betty Gray, the driver, some of the travellers on the bus and Ian Morgan, the Ribble Area Manager. Sepmeg/Commag. Park.
3 mins 50 secs
2.
Malcolm Balen, snf, reporting on a St Helens firm which has won an order from America to produce 150 replica Victorian street lamps, with the aid of the St Helens Corporation who lent them a genuine one to copy. He spoke to Tom Utley from the firm Lea & Utley and Graham White, the Industrial Development Officer at St Helens Corporation. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
4 mins 04 secs
3.
Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on a firm in Birkenhead who have produced a survival kit to protect off-shore workers on the North Sea Oil Rigs from the hazards of exposure or drowning. He spoke to Mr H. Bayley, the managing director of Beaufort Air Sea Rescue equipment in Birkenhead. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson.
