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14,859 results found for all records.
Gormley to step down from NUM leadership (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Joe Gormley stepping down as NUM leader. Includes interviews with Gormley who refuses to comment on who will replace him; Joe Whelan on the battle between the two candidates (Mick McGahey and...
David Bedford’s pub crawl (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Interview with David Bedford, athlete, on running pub crawl to raise money for British team to Moscow Olympics. At one of his pub stops. Male reporter not identified.
Record breakers (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on successful attempt to break world non-stop squash playing record in London by John Errington and Patrick Davis. Includes referee instructing players and announcement of success; comment from Daily...
New Conservative Government aims to save grammar schools (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on the new Conservative Government’s plans to save as many grammar schools as they can by bringing in a bill to overturn the policy of the previous Labour Government....
Callaghan in Portsmouth (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Election coverage
Prime Minister James Callaghan takes the campaign trail back to his home town of Portsmouth, where he visits his old school (which is now local Radio Victory) to give an interview (male interviewer not...
Jeremy Thorpe in North Devon (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe winning support from all 40 branches of the North Devon Liberal Association to become parliamentary candidate for North Devon in the upcoming elections despite the scandal...
Margaret Thatcher’s first Question Time as PM (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Margaret Thatcher’s first Prime Minister’s Question Time as PM on subjects including Rhodesia, pensions, and inflation. Speeches from Thatcher; former Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan; Liberal Party...
Thatcher’s first trip to Germany as PM (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on new British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s first trip to meet the Chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Schmidt. Topics discussed include EEC farm prices, and arms to China, but main focus is on...
Power workers pay offer rejected (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on power workers’ rejection of a pay offer in May 1979. Includes reaction from disappointed GMWU union leader Jack Biggin and Electricity Council spokesman (for employers’ side) Bill Prior. Male...
GMWU conference (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Various reports on GMWU conference, May 1979. Includes interview with unidentified speaker; speeches by union leader David Basnett.