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5 results found for '"Solihull"' in Keywords.
Leyland drivers strike ends (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with shop steward and Tony Tombes over end of unofficial strike of BL drivers at a Rover plant in Solihull over Mr Tombes’s dismissal for theft of a tax disc. Asks if union had recommended return...
BL tax disc theft trial and strike (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the trial of Tony Tombes, shop steward at Rover plant in Solihull, part of British Leyland, for theft of a tax disc. He has been sacked and now found guilty which has led to a strike of drivers....
David Gilroy Bevan on British Leyland (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP David Gilroy Bevan criticising the management of British Leyland, particularly Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes, for closing manufacturing plants and wasting money. And on a...
General election - Thatcher in Solihull (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on visit by PM Margaret Thatcher to Solihull (28/05/87) during the Conservative Party campaign for the 1987 General Election. Includes interview/speech with/by Margaret Thatcher. Male reporter not...
General election - Campaigns continue (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the 1987 General Election party campaigns; latest opinion polls; Margaret Thatcher in Solihull on Labour Party non-nuclear defence policy (28/05/87); interviews with Neil Kinnock, Labour leader and...