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34 results found for '"Retail"' in Keywords.
Government’s price check scheme (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
The government’s price check scheme will keep prices down for 6 months and is part of the counter-inflation plan. Campbell Adamson of the CBI is interviewed on the scheme and the deal agreed with his...
Price check scheme (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
The Government price check scheme will ensure for shoppers goods will not increase in price by any more than 5% in six months. Shirley Williams MP describes the scheme, and the savings gained from the new...
Newspaper dispute (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with male representative for the National Federation of Retail Newsagents on the daily newspaper strike and its effects on newsagents. Interviewee and interviewer not identified. Sound level low.
Harrods strike - Interview with picket (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Vox pop
Sasha Logan speaks to a male demonstrator on the Harrods picket for an increase in wages, London weighting and a 35-hour working week in accordance with directives issued by the Union of Shop, Distributive...
Adoption shop in Colchester (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified female speaker about England’s first adoption shop in Colchester. Female interviewer not identified.
Lord Allen on 50 years in retail trade (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lord Allen of Fallowfield (Alfred Allen), retiring General Secretary of shopworkers’ union USDAW, on his life during fifty years in the retail trade. Male interviewer not identified.
Woolworths fire (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Mike Gardiner(?) reports on a fire at a Woolworths store in Piccadilly, Manchester in which 10 people died. Includes interview with Manchester’s Chief Fire Officer, Ron Bullers.
Woolworths fire (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on the fire at Woolworths in Manchester. Includes interviews with unidentified survivors; Ian Carter, stockroom; Anne(?) Brogan, cashier’s office; Geoffrey Council, retail manager. Report is in...
Woolworths fire in Manchester (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a survivor of a fire at a branch of Woolworths store in Manchester, about how he escaped the fire and his rescue by the fire services. Male speaker and female interviewer not identified.
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Our Kind of Town, presented by Keith Howell. This episode focuses on cane and umbrella making. Howell speaks to Mr Harvey of James Smith and Sons umbrella shop based in New Oxford Street. Programme also...