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250 results found for '"Mines"' in Keywords.
Disunity at NUM conference (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Graham White? reports on the NUM annual conference in Jersey where evidence of disunity has become apparent between President Joe Gormley, and the leader of the Yorkshire division, Arthur Scargill, on how...
City week (1979)
- Genre
- Consumer advice; Interview; News report
City Week. Presented by Financial Editor, Douglas Moffitt. Part 2 of 2. Includes interview with Jamie Berry, a director of the GT World Bond Fund, on the abolition of exchange controls, which allows...
Local woman on war in Rhodesia (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Local Rhodesian Olive Gifford(?) talks about the war, and how it has claimed five members of her family in six months, due to both fighting and landmines. She says there is no future for the country....
NUM conference in Eastbourne (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the NUM conference in Eastbourne with debate focusing on the possible closure of pits. Speaking are: Scottish miners leader Mick McGahey; Yorkshire miners leader Arthur Scargill; National Coal...
Rhodesian elections - Boynton on monitoring force (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Rhodesian Election Commissioner Sir John Boynton, on plans to move the Commonwealth monitoring force into strategic areas to supervise the elections and reassuring people their votes are...
Network (1981)
- Genre
- Documentary
Metro Radio Manchester presents The Hartley Colliery Disaster, a look back at the 1862 mining disaster at Hartley Colliery, Northumberland in which over 200 miners died.
Government u-turn over miners dispute (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Trade Secretary John Biffen on LWT Weekend World television programme, about the Government giving in to miners’ demands in the recent dispute and on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s...
Underground fires at Aberfan (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the closure of a school in Aberfan - where 114 people died in 1966 as a result of a landslide - following the discovery of underground fires. Includes interviews with local education officer Eddie...
Derek Ezra on pit closures (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chairman of the National Coal Board (NCB), Sir Derek Ezra, explaining why pits have to close for the industry to survive the recession, and the steps they are taking to appease the NUM. Male...
Miners’ reaction to planned pit closures (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the threat of strike action by the NUM after plans for pit closures were announced by the National Coal Board (NCB). Bridgend NUM President Emlyn Williams announces a strike at his coalfield; NUM...