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BBC North West Regional Documentaries: Record Detail

Accession Number

B496

Series Title

WAIT WHILE

Programme Title

BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS ROBERT STOKER

Producer

[Unknown]

Other Credits

Presenter: Barry Askew

Transmission Date

01/01/71

 

colour , sound (sep), 09 mins 38 secs

Synopsis

Presenter Barry Askew interviews Ex-President of Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Robert Burdon Stoker in his office at Manchester Docks. They discuss Stoker's re-opening of Mediterranean ports to merchant shipping during World War Two, his contribution to the development of container shipping, Manchester as the capital city of the North and his hobbies of writing and painting.