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Friday
7/7/1978
Programme Details 2 Meeting of ship maintenance men at Western Ship Repairers’ Yard at Birkenhead, where they have decided to have more talks with the management about redundancy payments. Ward. Mute. (John oov) 0 mins 22 secs
Friday
7/7/1978
Programme Details 3 GVs start of world record breaking attempt on a new distance for twenty-four hour individual walking. It’s being held on Merseyside. Ward. Mute. (John oov) 0 mins 30 secs
Friday
7/7/1978
Programme Details 4 David Davies, snf, talking to Chris Browning, of the North West Autograss Association. The Second National Autograss Championship will be held at Park Hall near Chorley this weekend. Park. Commag. 3 mins 47 secs
Friday
7/7/1978
Programme Details 5 Alistair Macdonald, snf, reporting on the training of 42 young North West sportsmen and women, who have been rewarded for their unselfish achievements in sport. Thye are being sponsored by one of the big five banks and the Physical Education Association. He spoke to Dr Vaughn Thomas, Director of Physical Education at Liverpool Polytechnic, where the traning sessions are being held. Higginson. Sepmag. 2 mins 57 secs

8/7/1978
Programme Details [Film material is held at the NWFA but no programme information is available] 0 mins 0 secs
Monday
10/7/1978
Programme Details 1 GVs Victor Works in Broadgreen, Liverpool - one of the Lucas factories threatened with closure. Ward mute. (nick oov) 0 mins 28 secs
Monday
10/7/1978
Programme Details 2 GVs Manchester 35 Group staging a silent demonstration in support of the Soviet dissidents on trial in Russia. Park. mute. (Chris oov) 0 mins 18 secs
Monday
10/7/1978
Programme Details 3 Gainsborough exhibition to be held in Manchester’s City Art Gallery later this week. Park. mute. Chris oov 0 mins 23 secs
Monday
10/7/1978
Programme Details 4 David Davies snf reporting on canvassing in Manchester’s Moss Side area - for the by-election to be held on Thursday. He followed the 5 candidates over the past few days: Tom Murphy, Conservative; Peter Thompson, Liberal; George Moreton, Labour; Herbert Andrew, National Front; and Vanessa Redgrave Workers’ Revolutionary Party. Park. commag 6 mins 56 secs
Monday
10/7/1978
Programme Details 5 Richard Duckenfield snf reporting on the meeting of a Liverpool City Council sub committee over plans for improving the inner-city area. The cost would be £56 million and the Government has granted £30 million. He spoke to Treveor Jones, Leader of Liverpool’s City Council about the cost - and what they want to do with the money. Higginson. commag 2 mins 40 secs
Tuesday
11/7/1978
Programme Details 1 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the work of the Manpower Services Commission special Programme Units, which has taken over from the Government Job Creation Scheme. he spoke to Peter Rimmer, Area Manager; Catherine Mackie, Tutor on the Employment Production Course and John Cawdrey, employer. Higginson. Sepmag. 5 mins 00 secs
Tuesday
11/7/1978
Programme Details 2 GVs Taxi Drivers’ demonstrations in the centre of Liverpool - causing hold-ups in rush hour. Ward. Mute. (Chris oov) 0 mins 18 secs
Tuesday
11/7/1978
Programme Details 3 Fire damage to a comprehensive school at Prescott, near Liverpool - causing hold ups in rush hour. Ward. Mute. (Chris oov) 0 mins 21 secs
Tuesday
11/7/1978
Programme Details 4 Presentation of a badge of the recently formed Port of Liverpool Force by the Chief Constable, Mr Bill Donaldson, to Sean Curran - an 11-year old Crosby boy, whose hobby is collecting police badges. Ward. Mute. (Chris oov) 0 mins 22 secs
Tuesday
11/7/1978
Programme Details 5 The new baby at Chester Zoo - a hundred and sixty pound baby elephant - the father is thought to be an African elephant. Zoo officials say they’d never heard of Indian and African elephants cross-breeding before. Park.Mute. (Chris oov) 0 mins 21 secs
Tuesday
11/7/1978
Programme Details 6 Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to ecologist Dr. Ray Gemmell about four species of rare orchid to be found on a Wigan waste tip. Not just the odd orchid, but tens of thousands have colonised several acres of what was once toxic waste. Higginson. Sepmag. 3 mins 01 secs
Tuesday
11/7/1978
Programme Details 7 Richard Duckenfield, snf, reporting on the plans to establish a sixth form college to serve the whole of Liverpool. Parents and teachers are against the idea, which would be housed in the existing Liverpool Institute building. Richard spoke to Councillor Mike Storey, Chairman of Liverpool’s Education Committee, and Pat Taylor, School Governor. Higginson. Commag. 3 mins 50 secs
Tuesday
11/7/1978
Programme Details 8 GVs house at Briarfield, near Burnley, where Derek Pellowe wants to build a windmill to harness wind power for energy. Hallas. Mute (Alistair oov) 0 mins 24 secs
Wednesday
12/7/1978
Programme Details 1 Nick Clarke snf reporting on the 2 man mine between Marple and Glossop - the Ludworth Moor Pit. It’s run by Tony Lodge from Bury who was an NCB face worker, and Geoffrey Du Feu from Leeds. They both gained mining degrees from Leeds University, but opted to work Ludworth Moor. The coal from the face costs £28 a ton if you pick it yourself, as many local people do, and Tony and Geoffrey are determined to make the mine pay. Park. sepmag 3 mins 09 secs
Wednesday
12/7/1978
Programme Details 2 GVs Tom Wilson’s house in Litherland, which is up for sale. Higginson. commag 0 mins 27 secs
 
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