Record 6561 – 6580 of 15384 news stories found.
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| Friday 28/7/1978 | Programme Details | 1 | Nick Clarke, snf, reporting on the tests held at Wallasey on the Neutrabaric encapsulated wet wellhead unit - two spheres designed to solve many of the problems of underwater exploration. He spoke to one of the directors or Internec - which designed the spheres - Norman Jackson. Park. Commag. | 3 mins 45 secs | |
| Friday 28/7/1978 | Programme Details | 2 | GVs the rig Offshore Mercury in Morecambe Bay, which has been drilling for gas for two years. BBC Stock. Mute. (Nick oov) | 0 mins 30 secs | |
| Friday 28/7/1978 | Programme Details | 3 | GVs passengers wiating for flights at Manchester Airport. Park. Mute. (John oov) | 0 mins 20 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 | |
| Friday 28/7/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | GVs work beginning on a derelict site around Foregate Street in Chester. Also views of a model of the shopping development precinct which is to be built on the site - to include a tiny canalside village for pensioners and the disabled, two super stores, a shopping arcade and a two-storey car park. Park. Mute. (John oov) | 0 mins 23 secs | |
| Friday 28/7/1978 | Programme Details | 6 | Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the attractions of show jumping - she visited the Lancashire International, under way at Charnock Richard near Chorley. The course this year has been built by Alan Oliver, and Felicity talked to Jan Olof Wannius, from Sweden, who was one of the top money winners at Wembley last week, and Harvey Smith, about the money involved in the sport, and why riders need private sponsorship to help them. She also talked to local rider Cheryl Walker about the problems. Ward. Sepmag. | 4 mins 37 secs | |
| 29/7/1978 | Programme Details | [Film material is held at the NWFA but no programme information is available] | 0 mins 0 secs | ||
| Monday 31/7/1978 | Programme Details | 1 | David Davies, snf, at Manchester’s International Airport talking to would-be holidaymakers about the delays to flights - he talked to some passengers who’d been there since Saturday, and their travel agents had refused to provide refreshments or accommodation. David also talked to Elizabeth Baguley, of the airport staff, and David Bentham, Servisair Manager. Park. Commag. | 3 mins 58 secs | |
| Monday 31/7/1978 | Programme Details | 2 | GVs opening day at Moorfields - Liverpool’s latest station to be opened on its new rail system. Ward. Mute. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 28 secs | |
| Monday 31/7/1978 | Programme Details | 3 | GVs new IOM ferry - the Manx Viking - which has finally left the Leith shipyard where she’s been undergoing modifications. BBC Stock. Mute. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 25 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 | |
| Monday 31/7/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | No. 8 in our series of Weekend Events: Olympic Yachting. Peter Diamond, Cheif Sailing Instructor at Storrs Hall on Windermere talking about the scheme to help fifteen boys and five girls with Olympic or International potential to learn all about the finer arts of sailing. Andrew Farris from Bolton; Sean Parry, from Worsley and Debbie Lunt from St Helens were among the young people being helped to get the most out of their talents. Stephens. Sepmag. | 3 mins 54 secs | |
| Tuesday 1/8/1978 | Programme Details | 1 | Richard Duckenfield, snf, talking to Leslie Frodin, Chairman of John West’s, Liverpool, about the batch of salmon which has started a food poisoning scare - whether it could be one tin - or more. Higginson. Sepmag. | 2 mins 37 secs | |
| Tuesday 1/8/1978 | Programme Details | 2 | Alistair Macdonald, snf, talking to Steve Macdonald, from Manchester Airport, about the continuing build-up of passengers waiting for flights to the Continent, and if anything could be done to ease the congestion. Alistair also spoke to some hopeful passengers who’d been waiting for flights for some time. Higginson. Commag. | 2 mins 37 secs | |
| Tuesday 1/8/1978 | Programme Details | 3 | GVs Strangeways Prison and Walton Jail - both overcrowded according to the Home Office’s Annual Report. BBC Stock. Mute. (Chris oov) | 0 mins 24 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 | |
| Tuesday 1/8/1978 | Programme Details | 5 | Nick Clarke, snf, talking to Ray Maddock - who owns an acre of land in Macclesfield by the Cheshire Canal, and is spending his time and money building a dream house. When finished, Ray hopes it will be as fully self-sufficient as possible - using windmills, sunshine, solar panels, using rainwater or re-cycled water only, and household effluent, plus that provided by animals will be converted to gas for cooking. He held an open day at Eco Lodge to attract the attention of the authorities and the Government, and also that of sympathetic builders merchants. | 4 mins 19 secs | |
| Tuesday 1/8/1978 | Programme Details | 6 | Felicity Goodey, snf, reporting on the firm of Thomas Reynolds and Sons in Salford - the country’s biggest specialist Brass Instrument repairers. She spoke to Fred Baxendale, today’s boss, about the firm’s 115 years in the repairing business - and what they can - and do - mend. | 5 mins 52 secs | |
| Wednesday 2/8/1978 | Programme Details | 1 | Felicity Goodey, snf, talking to John Wainwright, a North-West farmer, about the threat to Green Top milk - the milk brough to you straight from the cow by the farmer. The Government have warned that it may be phased out due to the worry that unpasteurised milk might transmit disease. If this happens a large number of the 1800 farmers in the North West who bottle their own milk could go out of business. Stephens. Sepmag. | 4 mins 25 secs | |
| Wednesday 2/8/1978 | Programme Details | 2 | Nick Clarke, snf, reporting on the village of Pilling - which contrary to many other places, has greeted the possibility that their village could be chosen as a site to bring Morecambe Bay Gas ashore with horror. Nick spoke to Edwin Hodgson, Chairman of the Parish Council, and to some of the villagers about their opposition. | 4 mins 17 secs | |
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