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57 results found for '"Pensioners (older people)"' in Keywords.
Reg Prentice on aims of BPTUAA (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP and social security minister Reg Prentice on a hunger strike organised by a militant group calling itself The British Pensioners and Trade Union Action Association (BPTUAA), which has...
Chelsea pensioners (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary; Special
LBC Special: Royal Hospital, Chelsea, presented by Lawrence Spicer. Documentary about the Chelsea Pensioners and the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Examines rules and regulations; dress code; infirmary;...
Ken Livingstone on law lords rejection of Fares Fair (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
interview with leader of the Greater London Council, Ken Livingstone, about possible strike action over the law lords decision to reject the Fares Fair policy to reduce transport fares. Male interviewer not...
OAP offers reward over Susan Maxwell murder (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a pensioner about her offer of a reward to anyone with information about the disappearance of 11-year-old schoolgirl Susan Maxwell. Her body was later found in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire...
Spring budget - Rise in pension (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the rise in the state retirement pension in Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe’s Spring budget. Female interviewer not identified. Sound in mono.
Arthur Scargill on pensioners (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by NUM President Arthur Scargill at a miners’ rally in Bradford where he attacks the Conservative Government over their policies towards pensioners and the elderly. Poor quality audio.
Jack Jones on meeting with Prime Minister (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Former trade union leader Jack Jones on talks with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher after he led a delegation of pensioners to No. 10, Downing Street. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Richard Dallyn).
General Election - Pensioners’ rights (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Jack Jones) on representing the rights of pensioners in the 1983 General Election. Interviewer not heard.
Queen Mother visits Brixton (1983)
- Genre
- News report
Dickie Arbiter reports on the visit of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, to Brixton in South London to open a new community centre for elderly residents. Includes interview with Ted Knight, Lambeth Council;...
General election - Thatcher on cost of living (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher goes shopping in the supermarket and chats with pensioners. She tells reporters that food prices went up by 122 percent towards the end of the Labour Government but remained...