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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Programme Details
Record 1 – 8 of 8 news stories found.
Further details for Look North West: Thursday 21/9/1978
Production Date
Thursday 21/9/1978
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
John McManus
Newsreader
John Mundy
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT: RNW/A838W/5: Alistair McDonald, snf, talking to Don Wilson, Director of Engineering for N.W. Gas, about the continuing dispute which has brought maintenance and repairs to a standstill. They discussed what the public should do in cases of emergency. Dur: 2m 27s.
STUDIO INTERVAL: David Davies, snf, talking to Geoff Bateson, of Liverpool Area Health Authority, about the suggestion by NUPE that the decision to admit the first patients to the new Liverpool Teaching Hospital on October 2nd should be postponed because of a breakdown in talks on safety issues. Dur: 3m 14s.
On Thursday 21/9/1978 there were 8 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Alistair McDonald, snf, reporting on the strike by 3,000 N.W. gas men in the North West which has been on for the last month, and which is likely to escalate within the next few days as the strike spreads to Merseyside. 15 MATSA members were suspended, and as a result 3,000 T.G.&M.W. members were brought out in sympathy - but NALGO have refused to join the strike. Alistair spoke to Alan Moir, MATSA Branch Secretary. Park. Sepmag. (Ali oov: 50”).
2 mins 41 secs
2
GVs KME at Kirby, where they are awaiting the outcome of talks in London as to their future. BBC Stock. Mute. (David oov).
0 mins 21 secs
3
Fire damage to a 400 year old mansion - Bispham Hall, near Billinge - which was used as a Scout headquarters. The cause of the blaze isn’t known. Park. Mute. (John oov).
0 mins 24 secs
4
GVs Plessey Telecommunications plant, Edge Lane, Liverpool, where 250 workers look like losing their jobs in 10 days time. BBC Stock. Mute (John oov).
0 mins 16 secs
5
GVs part of the Manx Herring Fleet - the fishing season ended today, 3 days early. There will now be a complete ban on herring fishing until at least the end of the year in the Irish Sea. BBC Stock. Commag actuality. (John oov).
0 mins 18 secs
6
GVs Royal Liverpool Teaching Hospital - where there may be yet another delay until patients can be moved in. BBC Stock. Mute. (Stuart oov).
0 mins 28 secs
7
Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Mary Fairclough - who, at 76, has spent the last 36 hours squatting in a caravan on some spare land in Everton. She claims the land still belongs to her because her old home once stood there. She’s at the centre of a complex dispute involving Liverpool Corporation and her own insurance company. The dispute is now in the hands of the Lands Tribunal. Higginson. Sepmag.
3 mins 32 secs
8
Felicity Goodey, snf, being shown the heavily laden hedgerows of Cheshire by farmer Raymond Rush. It could foretell a hard winter. Park. Sepmag.
