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Record 7961 – 7980 of 15384 news stories found.
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Description |
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| Friday 28/2/1986 | Programme Details | 3 | Film of a company which has been set up to attract visitors to the North West. It’s called Lancashire Tourism Limited and is backed by the County Council. One of them is a rock and roll weekend at a holiday centre near Morecambe, at the end of October. Sep/Com. Ward. | 0 mins 52 secs | |
| Friday 21/3/1986 | Programme Details | 3 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the Ravenglass and Eskdale narrow gauge railway which is due to resume a full daily service. it’s known as one of the prettiest railways in Britain. He spoke to Douglas Ferreira, General Manager and Ian Smith, Chief Engineer. Sep/Com. Ward. | 3 mins 20 secs | |
| Tuesday 1/4/1986 | Programme Details | 3 | Film of ‘Carers’, people who give up their free time to look after their ill, elderly and disabled relatives. Lib TK (Introduction into Postbag) John Mundy oov. | 0 mins 21 secs | |
| Tuesday 4/1/1983 | Programme Details | 3 | Film of Croxteth Comprehensive School. Commag. Mute. (BBC Stock). (Stu oov). | 00 mins 21 secs | |
| Tuesday 18/7/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Film of the arrival of the Port of Liverpool’s latest salvage ship - Vigilant - from her builders in Holland. Ward. Mute. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 20 secs | |
| Wednesday 19/7/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs of the Piggeries flats in Liverpool, which have now been put up for sale. BBC stock. Mute. (John oov) | 0 mins 25 secs | |
| Thursday 20/7/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | A report on a play - called ‘Sensational Murder’ - soon to be performed in Chester by the North West Frontier Theatre Group, which re-constructs a crime of 1812. We talked to the writer, Maureen Nield and the Director Graeme Phillips. Park. Sepmag. | 2 mins 22 secs | |
| Friday 21/7/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs factory of Robert MacBride at Middleton in Greater Manchester, which has just been taken over by B.P. Oil. Park. Mute. (John oov) | 0 mins 15 secs | |
| Monday 24/7/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs area of the Ribble Marshes - where the battle of the future of the estuary has been raging since 5500 acres of land were sold to a Dutch Businessman who wanted to develop them. The area is just north of Southport, and was visited today by Denis Howell, Environment minister, (not on film) who has said that the Government will provide the necessary money to buy the land for preservation as a bird sanctuary. Alistair Macdonald reported on the background to the story. BBC Stock. Commag Actuality. (Alistair oov) | 2 mins 00 secs | |
| Wednesday 26/7/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Frank Mellor talking to Bob Brand about the Winsford salt mine about a new use for the rock salt crystals - apart from spreading it on roads in winter. BBC Stock. Sepmag. | 2 mins 02 secs | |
| Thursday 27/7/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to the team behind the “test tube baby” birth - the theatre sisters and nursing sisters. | 2 mins 33 secs | |
| Friday 28/7/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Pickets on duty at Bidston incinerator plant at Birkenhead Dock - dustbin collections on the Wirral side of the River Mersey have been stopped, due to strike by maintenance men over bonus payments and the days on which overtime should be worked. Park. Mute. (John oov) | 0 mins 20 secs | |
| Monday 31/7/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Tom Rushton, who has found himself a job right away from the rat race. He’s the new Assistant Lighthouse Keeper at Walnet Island - which is linked by road to the mainland except when the tide is high. Alistair also spoke to Mrs. Peggy Braithwaite, the only woman lighthouse keeper in the country, who has spent most of her life here, following in the footsteps of her father, sister and brother-in-law. Ward. Commag. | 5 mins 01 secs | |
| Tuesday 1/8/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs tower blocks on Everton Mount, Liverpool - known as “The Piggeries” - which were advertised for sale last month to save the Liverpool Corporation the cost of demolition. BBC Stock. Mute. | 0 mins 23 secs | |
| Thursday 3/8/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Felicity Goodey, snf, alking to American tourists in Chester about the latest attraction to be added to their coach tour - the livestock market. Officials of British Heritage have added this item on the tour, and on reaction by this particular group of tourists depends whether the market is a regular attraction in future. Park. Commag. (Felicity oov 1’45’’) | 3 mins 16 secs | |
| Friday 4/8/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to Roy Godfrey, organiser of the model aircraft show at RAF Woodvale, Southport. She also spoke to Bob Nelitz, a Canadian, and the world champion scale modeller, and to Les Smith, who has made a jumbo jet, very much admired by pilot Captain Ken Holder. Higginson. Commag (Felicity oov) | 0 mins 0 secs | |
| Monday 7/8/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Our weekend event this week was at Sealand, near Chester - where the Duke of Kent, Captain Mark Phillips, Jackie Stewart, Lord Montagu, Jackie Charlton and Tony Gubba (among others) spent the weekend at a sponsored shoot - Clay Pigeon shooting - to raise money for the Commonwealth Games Appeal. Higginson. Commag. | 4 mins 22 secs | |
| Tuesday 8/8/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs excavations on the site of Norton Priory, where they have unearthed a collection of Medieval floor tiles. Park. Mute. (John oov) | 0 mins 20 secs | |
| Wednesday 9/8/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Felicity Goodey snf reporting on the Higher Mill ,Helmshore in Rossendale, Museum which now houses a huge waterwheel, once used to drive wool finishing material. It has been restored by a firm in Surrey and has been restored to the museum as good as new. Felicity spoke to Ian Gibson, the Museum’s keeper about the problems of re-housing the wheel and the contents of the museum itself. Stephens. Commag. (Felicity oov) | 4 mins 40 secs | |
| Friday 11/8/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Ian Dunn, Principal Archivist for Cheshire, about preparations for an exhibition to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Armistice in November. It includes postcards and photographs and writings from people involved in the First WorldWar. Higginson. Commag. | 4 mins 33 secs | |
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