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29 results found for '"Lorry drivers"' in Keywords.
Neighbours describe Sutcliffes (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
David Bowman from Bradford, a neighbour of Peter Sutcliffe, alleged Yorkshire Ripper, describes him. Barbara Bowman describes Peter Sutcliffe’s wife Sonia Sutcliffe. Male interviewer not identified. Ends...
Drivers cross picket lines at Wapping (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech
Lindsay Taylor reports on lorry drivers’ defiance of transport union TGWU leader Ron Todd as they cross the picket lines at News International’s Wapping plant. Includes news conference statement by Ron...
Barry Wilcock on escaping from Timisoara (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
British lorry driver Barry Wilcock talks about his experience in Timisoara, Romania, during the violent demonstrations against President Ceausescu. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Gareth Furby).
British lorry driver escapes from Timisoara (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
2 clips, apparently related. British lorry driver Barry Wilcock talks to Gareth Furby on escaping from Timisoara, Romania.
Iraqi supergun trucker out on bail (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Ashwell, the British lorry driver held in Greece for transporting parts of the Iraqi supergun, has been granted bail. It comes after a campaign on his behalf by friends and colleagues back home. His...
Haulage driver trapped in French blockades (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
British haulage owner-driver Trevor Collinson from Ascot has been trapped by French truckers’ blockades for 8 days near Lyon. On their situation, little information and money provided by the British...
John MacGregor on French truckers’ blockades (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
Transport Secretary John MacGregor says he is in contact with his French counterpart Jean-Louis Bianco regarding the French truckers’ blockade which has trapped British haulage drivers and holidaymakers....
French truckers’ blockades (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
British lorry driver Peter Stansbridge says he has been trapped on the A7 motorway in the South of France by the French truckers’ blockades for 8 days and British truckers are running out of money and the...
Riot police sent against French truckers’ blockades (1992)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the French Government ordering the CRS riot police to remove French truckers’ blockades. Sean(?) McCorrig(?) reports from Paris.