LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Unemployed man walks three hundred miles to find work

Genre

Interview

TX Date

30 May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:01

Description

Ambulanceman, Tony Wallis describes the moment he found John Allam(?), weak and frail after his 300 mile walk to find a job. Because of the unemployment situation, John Allam(?) walked from Burnley, Lancashire to Eastbourne to find a hotel job vacancy. Social services would not help with the fare, so he decided to walk the 300 miles.

Contributors

Tony Wallis

Keywords

Unemployment; Employment; Lancashire; John Allam(?); Eastbourne; Burnley

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