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  • Race relations in Spitalfields (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Mufti Amin, a member of the Multiracial Bengali Association in Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. They aim to discourage violence between the races in the area. Female...

  • Police race relations (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Ken Livingstone?, GLC leader, on race relations and the treatment of ethnic minorities by police from the top levels down to police on the street. And decision to hold an inquiry into racism...

  • Housing shortage in Brixton (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Chairman of the Federation of Housing Associations George Barlow about housing shortage in Brixton and belief poor housing was a contributory factor in the Brixton race riot. Following his...

  • Police raids in Brixton (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Brixton youth leader Astel(?) Parkinson who criticises police raids in Brixton and says the officers do not believe in the raids themselves and are acting on orders from higher levels. Male...

  • Riots adversely affect local business (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a group of shopkeepers following a meeting organised by the National Chamber of Trade, on the effect the recent riots are having on their businesses, particularly in the Brixton and Lewisham...

  • Eyewitness account of Brixton police raid (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a local Lambeth councillor giving an account of a police raid on a street and later a house, with no provocation. He says the violence began once the police had arrived. Male speaker and...

  • Aftermath of Brixton police raid (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop; Interview

    Dave Loyn? reports on a police raid in Brixton where private homes and property were said to be destroyed by the police with sledgehammers and knives, working on a tip-off that they would find petrol bomb...

  • Brixton police raids (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Phil Longman reports on Home Office officials and a Metropolitan Police assessor touring homes to see the damage following a police raid in Railton Road, Brixton. Speaking are: Home Office official Robert...

  • Scargill on pay claim (1981)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by NUM Yorkshire leader Arthur Scargill at the miners’ conference about resolution for a pay increase and Conservative Government incomes policy.

  • Coal miners large pay claim (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on NUM conference resolution to demand a minimum wage of 100 pounds per week for miners, a rise of 23 percent, with the threat of industrial action if the claim is not met. With speeches by South...