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30 results found for '"Seamen"' in Keywords.
James Slater receives CBE (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Jim Slater, former merchant seaman and General Secretary of the National Union of Seamen, about receiving a CBE.
Seaman detained in USSR (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the mother of Stephen Thomas, British merchant seaman detained in the USSR. Male interviewer not identified.
Falklands War - Seamen’s dispute (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male spokesman (poss. Jim Slater) for the seamen’s union (NUS) on a dispute over pay and conditions for staff aboard merchant ships still in the South Atlantic, despite the end of the...
Falklands war ends - Cunard chairman on QE2 return (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lord Matthews (Victor Matthews) - chairman of Cunard shipping - following the return of the QE2 cruise liner to Southampton after her requisition as a warship during the Falklands War. Male...
Falklands war ends - Admiral on QE2 return (1982)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, Commander in Chief of the Fleet, paying tribute to those who served on the QE2 cruise ship which has returned home following its use in the Falklands War.
Falklands war ends - SS Canberra return (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Interview; Special
Report on the return of requisitioned Falklands troop ship SS Canberra to Southampton following the end of hostilities in the war between Britain and Argentina. Includes vox pop with sailors and crowd; noise...
Hayes on Saturday (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Special
Brian Hayes presents this edition of Hayes on Saturday revisiting the week’s stories on LBC. Includes author Anthony Grey on his book on the disappearance of former Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt....
Miners strike - Meeting in Sheffield (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Neil Mainland reports on the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) strike. The announcement came after a miners’ executive meeting in Sheffield. NUM leader, Arthur Scargill, says support for their action...
Miners’ strike - Arthur Scargill and national ballot (1984)
- Genre
- Press conference
Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), on the strikes. Scargill says the police presence in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire is unwarranted and unprecedented. He condemns Ian...
Fifty days (1985)
- Genre
- Feature; Special
Saturday Feature: Fifty Days. Extensive interview with Bill Cooke, a merchant seaman shipwright, recalling how he spent fifty 50 days at sea in an open raft after the ship SS Lulworth Hill was torpedoed by...