My Moment In History

BBC Local Radio

History Society & Culture

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5. Serving The Community
28/2/2023 | 9 mins.
Hear from Wiltshire resident Simon Rowe and former police sergeant Richard Goodman who helped keep Salisbury people safe.
4. The Journalists
28/2/2023 | 12 mins.
Emma Volney and Francesca Ebel helped to tell this story and reflect on it's impact on a close-knit community.In 2018, Francesca was working as a journalist in Moscow and couldn’t believe her home city of Salisbury was on the news. Meanwhile Emma was in the city, working for BBC Radio Wiltshire and preparing to cover a series of events she could never have predicted.
3. Keeping Salisbury Safe
28/2/2023 | 10 mins.
Authorities move to minimise spread and contamination of the nerve agent. Hear from Tracy Daszkiewicz who was director of public health for Wiltshire Council in 2018 and was responsible for tracing the Skripal's movements to minimise spread and contamination of the nerve agent.
2. Medical Lifesavers
28/2/2023 | 10 mins.
A skilled team battled to save the lives of the Skripals, who'd been poisoned by a deadly nerve agent.Featuring discussion with Dr James Haslam, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Salisbury District Hospital, and Lorna Wilkinson, Head of Nursing at the hospital in 2018.
1. John Sweeney
28/2/2023 | 11 mins.
Freelance Journalist John gives his perspective from Ukraine looking back at the events in Salisbury.

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Sharing personal stories from lives forever changed by history.Series 6. Katrice Lee: A Father’s Story Two year old Katrice Lee vanished in 1981. Her father, Richard, shares the reality of life behind the headlines and how he's coped with searching and looking for answers. Listen on BBC Sounds.Previous series:1. The Falklands War - People whose lives have been intertwined with the Falklands War, share their stories.2. Expelled from Uganda - Rupal Rajani shares her story, 50 years since the expulsion of Ugandan Asians by Idi Ami.3. Kicking Off The Women's Game - Anita Asante explores the first ever official women's football international for England.4. The Salisbury Poisonings - Looking back at events in Salisbury in March 2018.5. Claudia Lawrence: A Mother’s Story - Joan Lawrence discusses her daughter’s unexplained disappearance in 2009. Listen on BBC Sounds.

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