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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: Tuesday 26/9/1978
Production Date
Tuesday 26/9/1978
Introduced By
Felicity Goodey
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 A839P/3: Nick Clarke, snf, talking to Graham Burgess, Social Worker’s Union Chairman, about the possibility that Liverpool’s social workers will vote for their first ever strike tomorrow in their fight for more money and regradings. They discussed the effects this would have on the elderly, the mentally ill and children who are looked after by the workers. 3’08’’
STUDIO INTERVIEW: Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to William Woods, Chief Executive of Vale Royal Council, about the case of 100 trees, some of them centuries old oaks, which have just been felled at Sandiway in Cheshire, despite havng a preservation order on them. 3’00’’
On Tuesday 26/9/1978 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 Macdonald, snf, reporting on the demonstration by Chorley residents in protest that the town’s hospital no longer has a 24-hour-a-day emergency service. The protest was directed at David Ennals, the Health Minister, who is on a tour of the North West Hospitals. The case for the emergency service was put by Jo Smeaton, Secretary of the Chorley Hospital Crusade, and she was answered by Mr Ennals, although he wouldn’t give any firm promises about round-the-clock emergency cover. Park. Commag. (Alistair oov)
4 mins 11 secs
2
GVs of the two acres of land at Kenilwood where 100 old trees were cut down by a local farmer in spite of a preservation order. Ward. Mute. (Felicity oov)
0 mins 40 secs
3
GVs Pilkington’s at St Helens, where production is being seriously threatened by a strike of 1300 maintenance craftsmen. BBC Stock. Mute. (Chris oov)
0 mins 20 secs
4
GVs demonstration by protestors against the move of children’s cancer treatment centre from the Children’s Hospital to Christies’. They were picketing Mr Rowland Moyle, a deputy for the Health Minister as he visited the Regional Health Authority building. Park. Mute. (Chris oov)
0 mins 15 secs
5
GVs derelict land at Bamfurlong near Wigan. A government inspector has been hearing plans for reclamation of the land for waste disposal. The inquiry continues. Park. Mute. (Chris oov)
0 mins 15 secs
6
GVs Ann Hobbs, 19-year-old tennis player from Alderley Edge, who has been chosen to play in the Wightman Cup. BBC Stock. Commag Actuality. (Chris oov)
0 mins 10 secs
7
Frank Mellor talking to Peter Birchall of Waterhouse Farm, north of Kendal, about the problems raised by bureaucrats when trying to live the ‘Good Life’ and be self-sufficient. Stephens. Commag.
4 mins 23 secs
8
Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Rudi Diamant, a lecturer at Salford University, who has just had a book published exploring all the latest methods of home insulation and how to avoid spending a fortune on commercial systems. He showed us his own unique home-made form of double-glazing. Park. Sepmag. (Alistair oov)
