LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Miners strike - Miners head back to work

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:14

Description

Report on the National Executive Meeting where NUM protesters shouted at executives outside its headquarters and on miners returning to work as the strike draws to a bitter end. Includes vox pop with male protesters on the picket line at Hatfield Main Colliery, Doncaster; comment from NUM South Wales leader Emlyn Williams; Yorkshire representative Owen Briscoe. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Emlyn Williams; Owen Briscoe

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; NCB; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Doncaster; Strikes (events); Hatfield Main Colliery

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