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BBC North West Regional News Material 1973-1986: Search Results

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Record 361 – 380 of 15384 news stories found.
 
 

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Friday
1/12/1978
Programme Details 1 GVs of Christies Hospital, and the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital at Pendlebury. Mute. BBC Stock. (Fel oov) 0 mins 49 secs
Thursday
30/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Felicity Goodey snf reporting on the shortage of skilled labour in the North West. She spoke to Reginald Mercado, Chairman of Cooper Engineering in Birkenhead - who says he could double his turnover if he had the skilled labour. Sepmag/commag. Higginson. 4 mins 05 secs
Wednesday
29/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting from a housing estate at Bebington in Wirral - where some of the houses are fitted with a new form of solar heating, which could cut their bills in half. He spoke to one of the occupants, Mrs Irene Matthews, and to Barry Natton of Merseyside Improved Houses. Sepmag. Higginson. 3 mins 59 secs
Tuesday
28/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Richard Duckenfield snf reporting on a new unit at Alder Hey Childrens hospital which included a machine using the principles of atomic physics to help diagnose childrens diseases. He spoke to Dr Richard Jones, Consultant Paediatrician. Sepmag / commag. Higginson. 3 mins 34 secs
Monday
27/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on a setback for development plans at Liverpool Airport. Sepmag. BBC Stock. 1 mins 00 secs
Friday
24/11/1978
Programme Details 1 GVs of work being carried out by local councils on roads , education and new jobs. Mute. BBC Stock. (Stu oov) 0 mins 25 secs
Thursday
23/11/1978
Programme Details 1 GVs of tourist spots in the North West. Mute. BBC Stock. (Stu oov) 0 mins 30 secs
Wednesday
22/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to 22-year-old Josephine Sutton - who’s just been chosen as Leyland Vehicles Apprentice of the Year, out of 650 trainees. She also spoke to their Training Manager, Graham Hughes. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 4 mins 06 secs
Tuesday
21/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Film of a meeting of shop stewards at the Ford factory in Halewood. Mute. Ward. (Ali oov) 0 mins 25 secs
Monday
20/11/1978
Programme Details 1 David Davies, snf, reporting on the fact, revealed today, that 100 acres of farmland have been lost every week in the North West for the past 30 years because of urban development. He spoke to farmer Rodney Swarbrick. Commag/mute. Stephens. 4 mins 11 secs
Friday
17/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on a joint venture involving Liverpool city council and the Government which will create 700 new and possibly permanent jobs in the city. Sepmag/Commag Higginson. 4 mins 26 secs
Thursday
16/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Film of workers at KME as they left a mass meeting where their factory was to probably be taken over by private industry again. Angry and bitter reactions of the workers. Short background to co-operative. Felicity Goodey, snf, talks to Prof. Douglas Haig, head of the working party, about why they recommended that private industry take over, then to Jack Spriggs, the workers’ leader, about his reaction to the news. Felicity oov. Commag/Sepmag. Higginson. 4 mins 24 secs
Wednesday
15/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Film of Graduation Ceremony of Liverpool Polytechnic students at Liverpool Cathedral, Felicity Goodey, snf, oov. Aerial film of Merseyside. Felicity reports on Merseyside’s possible future as a centre for marine engineering and underwater technology, and talks to Dr. Peter Jost about his hopes for Merseyside in this direction. Sepmag/commag/mute. Higginson. 4 mins 47 secs
Tuesday
14/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Film of police search of Cheadle Hulme area of Manchester for father of murdered handicapped boy. Mute. P. Stephens. 0 mins 12 secs
Monday
13/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Film of Dunlops in Speke regarding redundancies of 2400 men. Mute. Ward. (John oov) 0 mins 15 secs
Friday
10/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Film of British Leyland at Speke with regard to redundancies. BBC Stock. John oov 0 mins 18 secs
Thursday
9/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Blackburn pupils’ new floating classroom - a canal boat. 0 mins 25 secs
Wednesday
8/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Film of Manchester Cathedral remembrance ceremony. (Stuart oov) 9 mins 15 secs
Tuesday
7/11/1978
Programme Details 1 GVs of the A6 through Chapel-on-le-Frith and Whalley Bridge. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov) 0 mins 20 secs
Monday
6/11/1978
Programme Details 1 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on a special meeting of Liverpool City Council, at which councillors recommended the sale of the infamous “Piggeries” flats to a property firm based in Surrey - Marque Securities. He spoke to Michael Heighes of the firm. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 3 mins 40 secs
 
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