Category: London
Bronski Beat In Concert – 1984 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Bronski Beat, in concert from London and recorded in 1984. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original concert.
September 1940 – The Blitz Begins – Past Daily Reference Room
September 1940 – MBS: John Steele Reports from London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 7, 1940 – the beginning of the Blitz; what would be an 8-month nightmare of daily raids over England by German bombers in an attempt to alternately demoralize the country, but also prepare it
August 31, 1997 – Britain Wakes To The News: Diana, Princess Of Wales
August 31, 1997 – BBC World Service News -7:00 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 31, 1997 – Twenty years ago, Britain woke to the news that Princess Diana, along with her companion Dodi Fayad as well as the driver of their Mercedes, had been killed in an
August 30, 1939 – Europe in The Balance
News reports via shortwave from the major capitals of Europe on the eve of outbreak of War. Reports from Paris, Warsaw and Berlin. Click on the link at Past Daily to hear the actual news reports. And give Past Daily a hand, we are busy restoring, preserving and presenting these
Patto In Concert – 1973 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Patto – In concert from The Paris Theatre, London – February 26, 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Patto – one of the truly underrated and criminally overlooked bands of the 70s – at least as far as the U.S. was concerned. Formed in 1970 from the remains
Britain Voted – Churchill Back At Number 10 – 1951 – Past Daily Reference Room
British Elections 1951 – NBC Radio: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Oct 21, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A lot happened in 1951, not the least were the elections in Britain bringing wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill back to No. 10 Downing Street after an absence of some
Sky Larkin – In Session 2013 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Sky Larkin – 6 Music Session – October 22, 2013 – BBC 6 Music – Sky Larkin in session from 2013 tonight. They’ve been around since 2005 and were part of that flood of bands coming out of the Leeds area of Britain that year. Got their breakthrough at the
October 6, 1941 – Swapping Prisoners, Nothing Quiet About The Eastern Front
October 5, 1941 – News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 5, 1941 – news for this day was reasonably calm in Western Europe. German wounded prisoners were being loaded on a British Hospital ship, getting ready to sail on to Dieppe
August 25, 1941 – Opening New Fronts – The View From Tehran
August 25, 1941 – News Of The World – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 25th, seventy-five years ago, was about the opening of a new front in this War. Now it was the Middle-East, with British and Russian troops moving into Iran,