LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Network

Genre

Fiction; Documentary; Feature; Drama; Poetry

TX Date

17 May 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:51:09

Description

3 pieces. 1. Radio Hallam programme about Hadfields steelworks (Sheffield) and the work cuts that have happened due to the economic recession.2. Slate - An Elegy. 2CR programme about the slate industry, an elegy for the lost industry, part documentary, part poem mixing fact, fiction, myth, legend, verse, and dictionary definition with social comment. The words are mixed with sound.3. Hallam Radio presents a short story entitled Handyman. Presenters/speakers: Paul Raison, Sean Street, Penny Seager, Jane Butler, Chris Cobb, Christopher Mellows, Eric Bean.

Contributors

Paul Raison; Sean Street; Penny Seager; Jane Butler; Chris Cobb; Eric Bean; 2CR; Radio Hallam; Christopher Mellows

Keywords

Miners; Unemployment; Steel industry; Steelworks; Economic recession; Slate industry; Hadfields Steelworks; Sheffield; Dismissal from employment; Iron and steel workers; Redundancies

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