• Reference
    Z118/B/4
  • Title
    File entitled Information for Publicity Committee and containing material of similar composition to the file Z 118/B/3 above, including, amongst many others, the following: - Noise contour map showing impact of an airport at Thurleigh; - Modified Plan 3 for Airport City at Thurleigh; - explanation of the meaning of N.N.I. Contours; - draft document - Why the Third London Airport Should Not Be Built at Thurleigh; - poster advertising Eight Churches Flower Festival at those churches directly affected if the airport were built, i.e. Bletsoe, Colmworth, Little Staughton, Bolnhurst, Keysoe, Milton Ernest, Riseley and Thurleigh [Apr 1970]; - Certificate of Registration of BARA under the Betting, Gaming & Lotteries Acts 1963-1964; - BARA Song, to the tune Yellow Submarine; - questionnaire sent to each parish affected by the airport plans asking for information of use in fighting the proposals; - list of persons and organisations invited to General Meeting of BARA [Mar 1969]; - correspondence regarding degree of uncertainty in BARA about the degree of organisation that existed to fight the proposal of Nuthampstead [Hertfordshire] as the airport site [Apr 1969]; - notice encouraging people to gather outside the Town Hall to lobby Bedford Town Council to oppose the proposed airport [Apr 1969]; - details of Sharnbrook Committee in support of BARA [Apr 1969]; - proposals for a programme of action for BARA; - notes on organisation and activities of Publicity Committee [Mar 1969]; - letter from Texas Instruments, Bedford, refusing to support BARA [Mar 1969].
  • Date free text
    1969-1970
  • Production date
    From: 1969 To: 1970
  • Level of description
    item