| Description | Tracks 1 - 9 (Tracks 3 & 9 are silent)
Track 1 is initially silent and then has a recording of a news broadcast about 'the worst civil disorder in England since the (Oswald) Mosley riots'. This relates to events surrounding a National Front meeting, possibly at Winson Green. Track 2 records a news interview in April 1976 with Alan Rhodes about medical dissatisfaction within the National Health Service. Reference is made to a forthcoming meeting of consultants, junior doctors and General Practioners within the West Midlands.
Tracks 4 - 8 concern the West Midlands Ambulance Service. Charles Parker and Chris Rogers interview Derek Jarvis and Jack Whitehouse, who are driver/attendants. There is a discussion of the impact that public health cuts have had on patients, as well as descriptions of operating practices, duties of ambulance crews and the different types of ambulance vehicles. Comments are made about the effects of centralisation of ambulance services as a result of the 1974 reorganisation.
Track 8 records the sounds of an ambulance, including engine noises and two way radio transmissions.
Total: 00:45:08 minutes
Dubber's reference number: PLA1of2 KF534B0217180 |