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  1. Strike at Tymawr coal mine (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a mining engineer about the strike at the Lewis Merthyr/Tymawr pit in South Wales after his report recommending its closure as it is not economically viable, due to a poor output of coal...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  2. Last Welsh pit pony retires (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Phil Mercer reports on the retirement of British Coal’s last surviving pit pony. 26 year-old Welsh has worked his last few years at the Big Pit mining museum in Gwent, South Wales. He’s moving to an...

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  3. National Union of Railwaymen conference (1984)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the National Union of Railwaymen conference in Llandudno, where National Union of Mineworkers leader Arthur Scargill gave a speech criticising the steel workers and urging rail workers to block...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  4. Closure of Mardy Colliery (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; News report; Vox pop

    Sally Johnson reporting on the closure of Mardy Colliery, the last remaining colliery in the Rhondda Valleys. Includes reaction from NUM lodge chairman Mike Richards; vox pop with locals including miner Eric...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  5. General election - Benn speech (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on a speech (with extracts) by Labour MP Tony Benn on 11/05/83, to a meeting of the South Wales miners’ lodges in Porthcawl, where he speaks about the necessity of returning a Labour Government in...

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  6. Oakdale colliery to close (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Secretary of the NUM in Wales, Colin Tapper, on a decision by miners at the Oakdale colliery in the Sirhowy Valley to accept redundancy pay and the closure of their pit. He says the workers...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  7. Interview with Michael Foot on pit closures (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Paul Rowley interviews former Labour Party leader, Michael Foot, about the announcement of a further fourteen hundred redundancies in the South Wales coalfields. British Coal management say the Marine pit in...

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  8. Aberfan disaster 25 year anniversary (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the 25 year anniversary of the Aberfan disaster in Wales where 116 children and 28 adults were killed. Includes interviews with Gaynor Madgewick who survived the tragedy which killed her brother...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  9. Tower Colliery stays open (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Emma Jones reports on the British Coal turnaround at the Tower Colliery in South Wales which now won’t be closed but will be sold off. NUM Spokesman Kevin Williams, miner Phil White and NUM Lodge Secretary...

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  10. End of the Welsh miners’ conference and retirement of Mick McGahey (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report looking back at the week’s conference of Welsh miners: division over the 6-day week, ballots on strike action; the retirement of NUM Vice-President Mick McGahey. McGahey speaks about the...

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