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  • Margaret Thatcher on Hong Kong (1984)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Hong Kong where she reassures the people of Hong Kong that they have nothing to fear from the Chinese. Answers press questions.

  • Thatcher on US meeting about Soviets (1984)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference statement by British Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher on her meeting with US President Ronald Reagan about the Soviet Union, arms control negotiations and the SDI project (US Strategic...

  • Margaret Thatcher on talks with Reagan (1984)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s press conference following her meeting with US President Ronald Reagan where they discussed the major issues in the world including nuclear disarmament and UK support of...

  • Miners strike - Violence at Yorkshire collieres (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    Report on a press conference by Nottinghamshire Chief Constable Tony Tyler (with excerpts), about his evidence that the violence yesterday at the Silverwood and Harworth collieries in South Yorkshire was...

  • Margaret Thatcher has rose named after her (1984)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on the unveiling of a rose named after Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Brun Werner(?) of the German Horticultural Association delegation to Liverpool’s Garden Festival, describes the flower....

  • Miners strike - Henry Richardson on his dismissal (1985)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Nottinghamshire Area Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, Henry Richardson, talks to the press about his dismissal from the Notts area after he made a statement accepting that some miners have...

  • Miners strike - Peter Heathfield on NCB discussions (1985)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Peter Heathfield, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, talks to the press about his discussions with the National Coal Board. Giving little away, he says it is important that the media are...

  • Miners strike - Arthur Scargill on new hopes for negotiations (1985)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on the meeting between Peter Heathfield, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, and National Coal Board industrial relations director Ned Smith. NUM president Arthur Scargill and...

  • Putney Hill gas explosion (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    Report from the scene of a gas explosion at the Newnham House block of flats in Putney, London, which left many members of the public injured and buried. Includes comment from eyewitnesses Ron Spriggle and...

  • Thatcher on plans for 40th anniversary of VE day (1985)

    Genre
    Press conference; Speech

    Press statement by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to a group of Chinese journalists at Downing Street in London, on plans for international celebrations for the 40th anniversary of VE Day, Victory in...