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Miners strike - Policing of Nottinghamshire mines (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Nottinghamshire’s Chief Constable Charles McLachlan speaking about the police operation and its cost at the county’s coal pits as the miners’ strike continues. Includes interviews with...
Labour left wing conference (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Labour Party left wing conference’s support for illegally striking miners and condemnation of police handling of pickets. Other issues discussed were the Sarah Tisdall case (clerical officer...
Miners strike - Week’s events (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on Yorkshire miners planning to picket the Nottinghamshire mines where most are still working and miner’s strike news from other counties. Includes vox pop with miners and interview with Acting...
Miners strike - Police stopping pickets (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the new moves being made by striking miners in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire and the police efforts to stop them. Includes comment from Yorkshire miners’ leader Jack Taylor. Male reporter not...
Miners strike - Debate over police action (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on calls (by Labour MP Tony Benn) for a Parliamentary debate and party political disagreement over the way police are dealing with the pickets in the miners’ strike. Includes interviews with Home...
Miners strike - Nottingham mine closes (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the decision of workers at the Welbeck Colliery - the largest coal mine in Nottinghamshire - to join the pit strike after pressure from picketing Yorkshire miners. Includes interview with a picket....
Miners strike - Thoresby pickets (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
Report on picketing miners at the Thoresby pit in Nottinghamshire being unsuccessful in stopping miners working and the police action to stop the flying pickets. Includes interview with a picketing miner and...
Miners strike - Arthur Scargill visits Littleton Colliery (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on NUM leader Arthur Scargill speaking at the Littleton Colliery in Staffordshire and the reaction he got following a strike being forced at the pit by flying pickets. Includes working miners’ views...
Miners strike - Political argument over impact (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the predicted impact of the ongoing miners’ strike and the political arguments over how it is being handled. Includes interview with NCB Chairman Ian MacGregor on job losses. Female interviewer...
Miners strike - Coal dumped at number 10 (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Plaid Cymru Parliamentary candidate Clayton Jones dumping a sack of coal at 10 Downing Street in protest at the Government’s attitude towards the miners’ strike. Includes interview with Mr...