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  • Grantham folk on Margaret Thatcher (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on Margaret Thatcher MP returning to Grantham; memories of Grantham classmates (includes John Foster) and locals of her and her father Albert Roberts. Male reporter not identified

  • Grunwick factory dispute (1977)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Peter Spencer for the afternoon report on a press conference by George Ward, owner of Grunwick factory where there is a long-running dispute. He denies he is an anti-union man, denies poor conditions at the...

  • Grunwick factory dispute (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the latest developments in the Grunwick dispute. Includes interview with John Gouriet of the National Association for Freedom following a confrontational meeting of Grunwick workers with APEX union...

  • Grunwick factory dispute (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special; Speech

    Ric Davies reports on mass picketing by members of various trade unions at the Grunwick factory, violent incidents and the scene as workers’ buses arrive (hear strikers chanting). Speech by George Smith of...

  • TUC general council elections (1981)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the General Council of the TUC elections, to be held at the TUC conference in Blackpool, and problems surrounding a particular rule about bartering or canvassing for votes with allegations against...

  • TUC conference- Grantham cleared of electioneering (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the decision that APEX clerical union leader Roy Grantham did not solicit votes for his election into the TUC General Council. Includes statement by TUC General Secretary Len Murray. At the TUC...

  • Thatcher visits twin town St Augustine (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Music; Speech

    Report on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to St Augustine, Germany as it is twinned with her hometown of Grantham, Lincolnshire. With brass band music; welcoming speech in German and speeches...

  • Steve Jones show (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Steve Jones interviews guest on his show actor Gary McDonald who plays Darren Roberts in Eastenders. On Gregory Motton’s(?) play Downfall at the Royal Court Theatre which he is appearing in; accusations of...

  • Beverley Allitt charged over child murders (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Ben Ando reports on the arrest and court appearance of former nurse, Beverley Allitt, over the murder of four children and attempted murder of others at the children’s ward of Grantham and Kesteven...

  • Julie Dart murdered by Michael Sams (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Ian Booth reports on how Michael Sams kidnapped and murdered Leeds prostitute Julie Dart at his workshop in Newark, he has just been sentenced for this and kidnapping of Stephanie Slater. Retired head of...