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Cardowan Colliery explosion (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on an underground explosion at Cardowan Colliery near Glasgow resulting in injuries to twenty miners. Speaking are: witness Robert Tennant; rescuer George Nelson. Male reporter and female interviewer...
Arthur Scargill fights to save pits (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the fight of Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, against the National Coal Board’s plan to close less profitable plants. Scargill says the plants have a contribution...
Unions react to NCB pit closure plans (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Sir Norman Siddall’s departure from the National Coal Board, and the ongoing resistance of miners’ unions to pit closure plans. Cardowan union official Jim McCafferty(?) says miners will win...
Arthur Scargill on Ian MacGregor (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Arthur Scargill thinks the National Coal Board will not back down on pit closures following the appointment of Ian MacGregor as Chairman. Male interviewer not identified.