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

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Record 721 – 740 of 15384 news stories found.
 
 

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Monday
17/3/1980
Programme Details 1. Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on a claim from Manchester Society of Architects for more architect-designed factories. He spoke to three of them, John Gaytten, David Birchill and Hugh Canning. Sepmag/Commag. Park. 4 mins 03 secs
Friday
14/3/1980
Programme Details 1. GVs of the Massey Ferguson plant at Knowsley. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov) 0 mins 18 secs
Thursday
13/3/1980
Programme Details 1. Film of Fleetwood’s fishing fleet. Mute/Commag. BBC Stock. (Fel oov) 0 mins 54 secs
Wednesday
12/3/1980
Programme Details 1. Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to the Director General of the CBI, Sir John Methven. Comag. Ward. 2 mins 05 secs
Tuesday
11/3/1980
Programme Details 1. Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Manchester’s Planning Officer, Brian Parnell, about plans to convert Fairbarn House, an empty office block on Deansgate, into flats. Commag. Stephens. 3 mins 42 secs
Monday
10/3/1980
Programme Details 1. Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the national shortage of skilled engineers. She spoke to Jack Benson, the Managing Director of a small engineering firm in Salford and to Junior Employment Minister, Jim Lester. Commag. Park. 3 mins 43 secs
Friday
7/3/1980
Programme Details 1. Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the Duke of Edinburgh’s visit to Merseyside to open the A.S.R. Servetron factory. Commag. Higginson. 2 mins 11 secs
Thursday
6/3/1980
Programme Details 1. GVs of the Hygena factory at Kirkby. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov) 0 mins 18 secs
Wednesday
5/3/1980
Programme Details 1. Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the fight to save jobs at three factories on Merseyside - Meccano, Hygena and Maeesy Ferguson, where he spoke to the Deputy Convenor, Ron Barry. Commag. Higginson/BBC Stock. 3 mins 40 secs
Tuesday
4/3/1980
Programme Details 1. Felicity Goodey, snf, taking a look at the history of Leyland Vehicles and at their new truck - the Roadtrain. Sepmag/Commag. Park. 4 mins 35 secs
Monday
3/3/1980
Programme Details 1. Debi Davies, snf, talking to farmer Geoffrey Morris about the prospect of cheaper food prices because of the mild weather. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 3 mins 08 secs
Wednesday
30/4/1980
Programme Details 1. Film of St John’s shopping precinct in Liverpool where controlled explosions were taking place. Commag. Ward. (John oov) 0 mins 30 secs
Tuesday
29/4/1980
Programme Details 1. Malcolm Balen, snf, reporting on the attempts by the workers and the management to save the Cammell Laird plant from closure. He spoke to Tony Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive of the company and Gerry Reeves, shop steward. Commag. Higginson. 3 mins 06 secs
Monday
28/4/1980
Programme Details 1. Debi Davies, snf, reporting on the two attacks on young Germans in Manchester hotels. She spoke to Klaus Hofmann, a member of the German party and Chief Superintendent Jack Ridgeway. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 3 mins 41 secs
Friday
25/4/1980
Programme Details 1. Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the first journey of the Jetfoil which is to carry passengers between Dublin and Liverpool. He spoke to Captain Richard Collins and Norman Newcombe of B + I. Commag. Higginson/Ward. 5 mins 02 secs
Thursday
24/4/1980
Programme Details 1. Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the experiment by Lancashire police at Skelmersdale to return officers to the beat. He spoke to P.C. Bernard Siney and P.C. Phillip Melling. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 4 mins 14 secs
Wednesday
23/4/1980
Programme Details 1. Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on the action that parents of the children who attend schools in Trafford are to take if the strike continues. He spoke to Hazel Heap, a parent, and Mary Hales, a Pastor’s wife. Mute/Sepmag. Stephens. 3 mins 37 secs
Tuesday
22/4/1980
Programme Details 1. Debi Davies, snf, talking to David Halford, a lecturer at the Lancashire College of Agriculture, about a collection of antique Lawnmowers. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 3 mins 45 secs
Monday
21/4/1980
Programme Details 1. Malcom Balen, snf, reporting on the lorry accident outside Moston Brook High School in Newton Heath. He spoke to Terence McCabe, Chief Inspector. Mute/Commag. Park. 2 mins 19 secs
Friday
18/4/1980
Programme Details 1. Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the launching of a new freight service between the Port of Manchester and Rotterdam. Sepmag/Commag. Park. 2 mins 50 secs
 
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