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Record 8041 – 8060 of 15384 news stories found.
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Description |
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| Friday 20/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs of the Great Britain Rugby League team in training for the first Test against Australia at Wigan tomorrow. Stephens. Mute. (David oov) | 0 mins 35 secs | |
| Thursday 19/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs Belle Vue Aces - as preview to tonight’s second leg of the Speedway Knock-Out Cup Final | 0 mins 20 secs | |
| Wednesday 18/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Alwyn Collistor and Harold Kelly - Town Commissioners for Castletown - who are on opposing sdies, although great friends, in the battle to keep “The Smelt”. “The Smelt” is a 40’ stone column erected 150 years ago to commemorate a former Governor, Colonel Cornelius Smelt - but a statue was never erected to put on top. The town council and some local people want the plinth demolished to give more space in the square for next year’s celebrations of 1000 years of Parliamentary rule - but the opposition don’t want a piece of local history destroyed. Higginson. Sepmag. (Alistair oov) | 4 mins 17 secs | |
| Tuesday 17/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Steve Ireland, snf, reporting on the Regional Final of the “Young Engineer of the Year” competition at Salford University. He spoke to Steven Mammat of Bramhall in Cheshire, who’s devised a typewriter for the disabled, and to Khalil Ahmed, whose invention is a security robot. We also saw the invention of today’s winner - Alan Probin - which was a safety device for motor bikes, an audible reminder to cancel indicators. Steven Mammat came second. Stephens. Commag. (Steve oov: ‘30’’) | 3 mins 52 secs | |
| Monday 16/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Our weekend event this week was held on the 0838 Manchester- Sheffield-York excursion - on locomotive Number 6115, Scots Guardsman. Members of the Dinting Railways Centre near Glossop have spent nine years restoring the steam locomotive - the engine owned by the Bill Family. Chief Engineer Stephen Allsop, Hubert Parrish - who carried out the lettering and lining - and Chairman Dr. Simon Bryant, talked about the project and the hard work wthat has gone into the restoration to full working order. Ward. Sepmag. (Staurt oov) | 4 mins 30 secs | |
| Friday 13/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs Bolton General Hospital. Park. Mute. (David oov) | 0 mins 32 secs | |
| Thursday 12/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Frank Mellor talking to Bill Nixon and Bob Livingstone of the Furness Wind Surfiung Association who have been selected to join the British Team competiting in the World Championships in Mexico next week. McDairmant. Sepmag. | 4 mins 00 secs | |
| Tuesday 10/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Gerry Fair, Chairman of the Farmer’s Union Animal Health Committee in Cheshire, about the fight to stamp out the cattle disease brucellosis. The Ministry of Agriculture will shortly start a compulsory campaign in Cheshire compelling farmers to slaughter sick animals and accept compensation up to a maximum of £450 a cow. Park. Commag. (Alistair oov 1’45’’) | 3 mins 38 secs | |
| Monday 9/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to Chief Inspector Geoff King, Head of Lancashire Police Mounted Branch, about the work that goes into winning prizes such as ‘Police Horse of the Year’ and also the Team Event, which was won by Marquis and Saladin. They also discussed the routine work of the Mounted Police, and the difficulties and dangers they face. Park. Sepmag / Commag. (Felicity oov:1’00’’) | 4 mins 35 secs | |
| Friday 6/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs police handing out Bengali and Urdu leaflets appealing for information about the murder of Mrs Nimraji Bibi. Park. Mute. (John oov) | 0 mins 22 secs | |
| Thursday 5/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Lorry drivers and shop stewards picketing T.& G.W.U. H.Q. in Salford - they say they have been forced to stop work against their will even though they wanted to accept a pay offer from their firm, Shelliways, because it’s been blacked by order of a union official. Mute. Park. (John oov) | 0 mins 21 secs | |
| Wednesday 4/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs school children eating “ploughman’s lunches” provided by teachers and parents after NUPE strike - a lightning stoppage. BBC Stock. Commag. (John oov) | 0 mins 20 secs | |
| Tuesday 3/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs electrified railways. BBC Stock. Mute. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 18 secs | |
| Monday 2/10/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs petrol stations and garages in Cheshire closed due to Esso tanker drivers strike which is now four days old. The talks to settle the dispute broke down this afternoon. Ward. Mute. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 17 secs | |
| Friday 29/9/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs Isle of Man TT Races in June, where Pat Hennen, the American motor cyclist crashed - he leaves Walton Hospital in Liverpool tomorrow and leaves for the USA on Tuesday. BBC Stock. Mute. (John oov) | 0 mins 23 secs | |
| Thursday 28/9/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Frank Mellor talking to Eric Wright about his collection of miniature trams. They are scale models, made by himself, of the Birkenhead and Liverpool trams - copied where possible from the original plans. Sepmag. Stephens. | 4 mins 09 secs | |
| Wednesday 27/9/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Nick Clarke, snf, at the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Factory at Chadderton to talk about industrial safety. He spoke to Derek Burton, Secretary of the shop floor group, and to Larry Tole, lecturer in Industrial Relations at Carlett College in Wirral. Stephens. Commag (Nick oov 1’25’’) | 4 mins 21 secs | |
| Tuesday 26/9/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs demonstration by protestors against the move of children’s cancer treatment centre from the Children’s Hospital to Christies’. They were picketing Mr Rowland Moyle, a deputy for the Health Minister as he visited the Regional Health Authority building. Park. Mute. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 15 secs | |
| Monday 25/9/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | GVs congestion on the M62 caused by the closure of both overtaking lanes between the Irwell Valley and the Birch service area. Park. Mute. | 0 mins 15 secs | |
| Friday 22/9/1978 | Programme Details | 4 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to David Binns, General Manager of Warrington New Town, about the industrial area of the New Town which is becoming known as Britain’s first ‘Science Park’ - because of the number of science based industries found there. Richard also spoke to Alan Pennington of UMIST about the advantages of this setting and facilities for high technological industries. Higginson. Sepmag. | 4 mins 08 secs | |
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