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Record 8281 – 8300 of 15384 news stories found.
 
 

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Wednesday
24/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on the severe winter in the Pennine region and the effects of thick ice coating the electricity cables which are in danger of snapping. He talks to Norman Williams, the generating board’s Northern Manager about the “Siberian” conditions, and the power engineers about the difficulty of maintenance workers. Commag. Higginson. Jim oov. 3 mins 53 secs
Friday
26/1/1979
Programme Details 4 GVs of Manchester Airport and Speke Airport, Liverpool. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov) 0 mins 25 secs
Monday
2/3/1979
Programme Details 4 Film of gravediggers in Warrington. Mute. Ward. (Chris oov) 0 mins 15 secs
Monday
22/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Film of a mass meeting of NW Water Authority wokers who voted by a narrow majority to return to work. Mute. Phil Stephens. Chris oov. 0 mins 20 secs
Friday
19/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Felicity Goodey, snf, talking about canal barges being used for cargo during the tanker driver’s strike. Mute. Phil Stephens. Felicity oov. 0 mins 36 secs
Thursday
18/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the end of an eight week strike at the Rolls Royce factory at Barnoldswick and talking to the Managing Director, Dr David Hughes. Commag. Stephens. 3 mins 44 secs
Wednesday
17/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on a “do-it-yourself” kidney machine unit, which has just opened in Liverpool’s Mossley Hill Hospital. He spoke to Sister Joan West and to some of the patients benefitting from the machine. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 3 mins 06 secs
Tuesday
16/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Jim Hancock, snf, reporting on the one-day rail strike. Sepmag/Commag. Park/Stephens/Higginson. 1 mins 59 secs
Monday
15/1/1979
Programme Details 4 GVs of Piccadilly Station in Manchester. Mute. Stephens. (Chris oov) 0 mins 23 secs
Friday
12/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Neil Holding, who has been chosen to play in the British Under 24 Rugby League team. 2 mins 49 secs
Thursday
11/1/1979
Programme Details 4 David Davies, snf, talking to the Chairman of Altrincham FC, Noel White, and to the scorer of the goal against Spurs, Geoff Johnson. Commag. Stephens. 3 mins 01 secs
Wednesday
10/1/1979
Programme Details 4 David Davies, snf, reporting from Warrington where three new newspapers are shortly to go into production. He talks to Trevor Buckley of the Warrington Guardian and Patrick Quinn of the Warrington Express about the strong rivalry that now exists between the area’s papers which will have to struggle to survive. Commag. Park. David oov. 4 mins 24 secs
Tuesday
9/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting from Gaskell’s in Warrington - Britain’s largest private bacon curer - who say they will have to shut down shortly, possibly for good, because of the tanker and transport drivers strikes. He spoke to the M.D. Vaughn Gaskell, and Union representative, Ron Cleminson. Commag. Stephens. 3 mins 03 secs
Monday
8/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the success of the bid to save supplies of fruit and vegetables stranded at Liverpool Docks. He spoke to the Chairman of the lorry drivers strike committee, Jimmy Goldborne. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 2 mins 29 secs
Friday
5/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Film of a house in Chapel-en-le-Frith, wrecked after a gas explosion: Mute. Park. (John oov) 0 mins 28 secs
Wednesday
3/1/1979
Programme Details 4 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the effects of the lorry drivers strike in Liverpool. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 1 mins 31 secs
Thursday
4/1/1979
Programme Details 4 David Davies, snf, talking to Dr Janet Keir, the curator of the Martin Mere Wildfowl Reserve, about the effect the cold weather is having on the birds there. Commag. Stephens. 3 mins 36 secs
Thursday
31/1/1980
Programme Details 4. Film of the Skelmersdale bargain houses. Mute. BBC Stock. (John oov) 0 mins 20 secs
Wednesday
30/1/1980
Programme Details 4. Debi Davies, snf, reporting on the continuing arguments surrounding the Waste Incineration chemical disposal plant at Coppull near Chorley. She spoke to the County Surveyor, Harry Yeadon, local G.P. Dr Dinka Temba and to Hill Guiver and Brian Edge of the Parish Council. Sepmag. Park. 7 mins 36 secs
Tuesday
29/1/1980
Programme Details 4. Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the Bolton firm of Cotton Motor Cycles and their success with racing bikes. He spoke to the Chairman and Managing Director, Terry Wilson. Sepmag/Commag. Higginson. 5 mins 11 secs
 
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