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Miners strike - Roy Hattersley view (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on calls by deputy Labour Party leader, Roy Hattersley, for miners to strike, even if they voted against it as in the Nottingham area, and views on Arthur Scargill, leader of the NUM’s support....
Miners strike - NUM special delegate conference (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the NUM special delegate meeting in Sheffield changing the union’s rules on the majority required to call a national strike. Speakers are Superintendent Terry Swann; Labour MP Dennis Skinner; and...
Miners strike - Arthur Scargill visits Nottinghamshire pits (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on NUM leader Arthur Scargill visiting Nottinghamshire pits and calling for a total walkout to join in with the national strike. Includes a speech by Scargill. Female reporter not identified.
Miners strike - Ravenscraig steelworks pickets (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Reports on the mass picketing by miners at the Ravenscraig steelworks, coal being delivered and the violence that ensued. Includes interview with John Walker from the train drivers union on delivering iron...
Miners strike - Scargill claims power stations will run out of coal (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on NUM leader Arthur Scargill’s claims power stations will run out of coal soon as the miners strike continues. Includes a press conference by Scargill. Male reporter not identified (poss. Neil...
Miners strike - Wives rally (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on a rally by miners’ wives in Barnsley against the planned pit closures. Includes cheers and chants and NUM leader Arthur Scargill’s speech to the wives and interviews afterwards with Scargill...
Miners strike - NCB chief on strike, talks and intimidation (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the press conference at the Institute of Mining Engineers with NCB Chairman Ian MacGregor (excerpts heard) on strike talks and the intimidation of working miners and their families in...
Libyan embassy siege - On the spot report (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Antonia Higgs reports on the shooting today at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London of demonstrators and of WPC Yvonne Fletcher (not confirmed dead at this stage) and the resulting siege of the embassy by...
Libyan embassy siege - News bulletin (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Vox pop
12.00 IRN news read by Douglas Cameron. The bulletin focusses on the shooting at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London today (17/04/84). Eyewitnesses including Walter Jokel(?) and Dave Robson comment....
Libyan embassy siege - On the spot report (1984)
- Genre
- News report
Antonia Higgs and Halina Kierkuc report from the continuing police siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London, after police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead during a demonstration outside the...