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The African American family trying to reclaim their beachfront land. Newsday. Audio, 00:03:32
Manhattan Beach in California forced Willa and Charles Bruce off their property in 1924
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted16 March 2021
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- Posted22 February 2021
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- Posted20 February 2021
Voices from the deep: The letters which survived 70 years under the sea. Newsday. Audio, 00:03:07
The letters were found in SS Gairsoppa torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War 2
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted19 February 2021
Morning in the Streets. Video, 35 minutes
1959 documentary showing images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom.
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
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- Posted6 February 2021
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- Posted6 February 2021
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- Posted17 January 2021
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- Posted13 January 2021
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- Posted9 January 2021
A Social History of The Archers. Audio, 57 minutes
David Kynaston on the changing face of Ambridge.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Forum. Famous hats in history. Audio, 44 minutes
The uses and meanings of headwear from prehistory to today
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted28 November 2020
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- Posted21 November 2020
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- Posted17 November 2020
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- Posted18 October 2020
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- Posted16 October 2020