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Record 14265 – 14284 of 15384 news stories found.
 
 

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Monday
12/6/1978
Programme Details 7 The renovation and restoration of Lime street Liverpool, with particular emphasis on St Georges Plateau. Rod Hutchison, Architect Planner explained why they’re spending more than a hundred thousand pounds on the plateau. Higginson. sepmag. (David oov) 3 mins 18 secs
Tuesday
20/6/1978
Programme Details 7 Frank Mellor, talked to Dr. Simon Aston, who’s leading the Lancaster research, about how far traces of radioactivity from Windscale extend. McDairment. Sepmag. 3 mins 50 secs
Friday
23/6/1978
Programme Details 7 David Davies, snf, talking to Kathy Williams, 14yr old schoolgirl who attends Sharston High School, Wythenshawe, who has just won a National Coach contest to go to Moscow to be trained in Gymnastics by the coaches of Olga Korbut. Shots of Kathy during training. Park Sepmag/Commag. Dur: 3.56’’ 3 mins 56 secs
Monday
26/6/1978
Programme Details 7 Alistair Macdonald, snf, talked to Stephen Sartin, Assistant Keeper Fine Arts, Preston’s Harris Art Gallery, about the painting “Pauline in the Yellow Dress”. Park. Sepmag. 4 mins 21 secs
Tuesday
11/7/1978
Programme Details 7 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the plans to establish a sixth form college to serve the whole of Liverpool. Parents and teachers are against the idea, which would be housed in the existing Liverpool Institute building. Richard spoke to Councillor Mike Storey, Chairman of Liverpool’s Education Committee, and Pat Taylor, School Governor. Higginson. Commag. 3 mins 50 secs
Wednesday
12/7/1978
Programme Details 7 GVs Woodworking co-operative in Skelmersdale, set up by a group which includes redundant Courtaulds workers, which is being helped by the co-operative bank. BBC stock. mute. (Richard oov) 0 mins 30 secs
Wednesday
20/9/1978
Programme Details 7 Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Councillor Ken Maynard and John Dempsey, Area Secretary of NUPE about the pros and cons of serving ‘Ploughman’s Lunches’ to Cheshire schoolchildren in a bid to save money. Higginson. Sepmag. 3 mins 16 secs
Thursday
21/9/1978
Programme Details 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
Wednesday
14/4/1982
Programme Details 7 Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Peter Wolstenholme, from the RSPB, about the plans to make a nature reserve at Trafford Park. Commag. Stephens. 02 mins 55 secs
Tuesday
12/1/1982
Programme Details 7 Malcolm Balen, snf, reporting on the threat of hypothermia to old people who can’t afford to keep their homes heated properly. He spoke to Alice Astley, a pensioner, and Ann Kelly of Rochdale Age Concern. Commag. Stephens. 3 mins 18 secs
Wednesday
13/1/1982
Programme Details 7 Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the continuing success both at home and abroad for the Rolls Royce. Sepmag. Park. 4 mins 43 secs
Friday
22/1/1982
Programme Details 7 Martin Henfield, snf, reporting on Blackpool lifeboatmen’s new electronic bleeper call system. He spoke to the Lifeboat Chairman Philip Burslam, Branch Secretary Ronald Daryshire and P. C. Rod Pack. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 4 mins 15 secs
Wednesday
27/1/1982
Programme Details 7 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting from a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at Daresbury, near Warrington, the birthplace of Lewis Carroll, to celebrate his 150th centenary. He spoke to Jane Helsby, who is this year’s Alice. Sepmag/Commag. 4 mins 01 secs
Thursday
28/1/1982
Programme Details 7 Martin Henfield, snf, talking to 82-year-old Marjorie Cottle who was a world class motorcycle trials rider in the 1920s. Mute/Sepmag. Higginson. 4 mins 14 secs
Friday
29/1/1982
Programme Details 7 Martin Henfield, snf, reporting on Ribble Bus Company’s decision to operate one man buses. Sepmag/Commag. Stephens. 3 mins 24 secs
Monday
1/2/1982
Programme Details 7 Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Nigel Hillier, a keeper at Chester Zoo, who has become “foster mother” to Bella the baby Orangutan. Sepmag/Commag. Ward. 3 mins 24 secs
Thursday
4/2/1982
Programme Details 7 Martin Henfield, snf, reporting on an experiment at Blackpool Airport which is fast becoming one of the most popular sports - microlight aircraft. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 02 mins 52 secs
Tuesday
9/2/1982
Programme Details 7 Malcolm Balen, snf, reporting on a pub near Blackpool, The Castle Gardens, where a special bird hut has been built for the pigeons that were made homeless when the pub was extended. He spoke to Sid Blomfeild, landlord, John Webb, district manager and John Cross, pigeon fancier. Commag. Higginson. 02 mins 09 secs
Monday
22/2/1982
Programme Details 7 Felicity Goodey, snf, on a pump firm in Salford, Epic Products, who has won an award for innovations which help the sewage industry. Sepmag/Commag. Stephens. 4 mins 02 secs
Tuesday
23/2/1982
Programme Details 7 Film of “Exclusive Cleaning” - the private refuse collectors. Mute. BBC Stock. (Stu oov). 0 mins 16 secs
 
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