Photograph - Balcombe Street siege, 1975
TitlePhotograph - Balcombe Street siege, 1975
ReferenceIMG/ORG/LEVELLER/0295
Date
9 Dec 1975
Production date 1975-12-09 - 1975-12-09
Scope and ContentBlack and white photograph of armed police officers during the siege of 22b Balcombe Street, Marylebone, where four suspected IRA bombers were holding John and Sheila Matthews hostage.
Used on cover of pilot issue of The Leveller (Feb 1976), in adverts for Leveller in No 4 (Mar 1977); No 5 (Apr/May 1977); No 6 (Jun 1977) and it the Founding Statement in the re-launched Leveller, 1st Issue (Mar 1984)
Used on cover of pilot issue of The Leveller (Feb 1976), in adverts for Leveller in No 4 (Mar 1977); No 5 (Apr/May 1977); No 6 (Jun 1977) and it the Founding Statement in the re-launched Leveller, 1st Issue (Mar 1984)
Extent1 photograph
Physical descriptionDimensions (WxH): 20.2cm x 25.2cm
Persons keywordLeveller Magazine, Irish Republican Army, Matthews, John, Matthews, Sheila, O'Connell, Joe, Doherty, Hugh, Duggan, Harry, Butler, Edward
SubjectAnglo-Irish disputes, Terrorism, Police service
Conditions governing accessOpen
Conditions governing reproductionCopyright: Popperfoto, Paul Popper Ltd, London
Levelfile
Normal locationZ Leveller photographs Box 3 (Room 24)