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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: Friday 28/1/1983
Production Date
Friday 28/1/1983
Introduced By
Stuart Hall
Producer
Olwyn Hocking
Newsreader
Stuart Hall
Studio-based and videotape material in this programme (not usually held at the NWFA but please enquire)
MANCHESTER VT : 1/RNW A304N/9:
Martin Henfield, snf, talking to Richard Armitage, host of the community transport conference, about community transport for those people who are unable to use public transport. 02m32s
1/RNW A304N/8:
Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on speculation that E.R.F. Britain’s only surviving independent truck manufacturers might soon be building Japanese trucks to solve their financial problems and help safeguard the remaining jobs. Commag. BBC Stock. (Fel oov). 36ft 00m57s
On Friday 28/1/1983 there were 8 news stories transmitted.
Film Item Number
Description
Duration
(news descriptions are taken directly from BBC's Programme as Broadcast sheets.)
1
Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Bill Butler, a disabled man from Birkenhead, about his decision that he would be prepared to go to jail rather than comply with the new seat belt law, after his application to be exempted on medical grounds was turned down. Sepmag/Commag. Ward.
02 mins 11 secs
2
Film of the existing community transport schemes in Brinnington, near Stockport. Commag. Higginson. (Martin oov).
0 mins 29 secs
3
Film of Anglers from the Congleton Society patrolling river banks near sewage works to monitor the plant and fish life as there is concern amongst angling societies that rivers could turn into open sewers if the water workers strike continues. Commag. (Stu oov). Park.
0 mins 43 secs
4
David Davies, snf, reporting on the strike at Manchester Airport by a thousand manual workers. Mute. Park. (David oov).
0 mins 54 secs
5
Film of the ceremony at Liverpool Airport where the first sod was cut to launch Phase Two of the airport’s apron contract. Mute. Ward. (Stu oov).
0 mins 20 secs
6
Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the celebrations at Glasgon’s plastic container factory in Blackpool, as they opened a new division of the company, and the signing of a contract worth 320 million pounds by G.E.C. to build turbine generators for a new power station in South Africa. BBC Stock. Commag. (Fel oov).
0 mins 49 secs
7
Julie Carter, snf, reporting on the exhibition at Warrington Museum of Victorian sewing machines. She spoke to Brian and Vera Mathews, owners of Victorian cast iron relics and Cherry Gray, curator. Sepmag/Commag. Park.
3 mins 37 secs
8
David Davies, snf, talking to Cedric Rhoades, Chairman of Lancashire Cricket Club, about the financial and sporting prospects of the cricket club. Sepmag/Commag. Ward.
