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Dock Labour Bill (1976)

Genre

Interview

Jim Prior Conservative MP interviewed on the subject of the Dock Labour Bill being introduced by the Labour Government. He claims it is a bad move for British industry, would give too much power to the dock...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sound Around Town: interviews at Shiphams paste factory, Chichester (1984)

A visit to the Shiphams Paste Factory, in Chichester. The factory is 200 years-old. Track 1- In the first room, the presenter makes interviews with a butcher. He talks about his job, chopping meat. There is...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Proposed closure of Spillers (1978)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified spokesman for the Executive Council of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) on the effects on the national bread supply were Spillers to close twenty-three bakery units, as...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Bakers’ wage dispute (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Series of three reports on bakers’ wage dispute. Interviews with Sam Maddox, General Secretary of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union; unidentified employers’ spokeman (may be Michael Rogers)....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

BSE risk to humans (1990)

Genre

News report; Vox pop

Clive Myrie reports on the risk of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) transferring to humans, Labour Party claims the Government’s compensation package to farmers for infected animals is not good...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

UN peacekeepers reach Baidoa in Somalia (1992)

Genre

News report

An American-led convoy of UN troops including US marines and French Foreign Legionnaires has arrived in the Somalian town of Baidoa after travelling from the capital Mogadishu to protect aid workers. Report...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Claridge’s Hotel strike (1978)

Genre

News report; Vox pop

Report on a strike by staff at Claridge’s Hotel, London, and its effect on the lunch service, by a dining reporter. Unidentified striking workers discuss their reasons for striking. Male reporter not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Eddie Loyden on BL and Birds Eye job losses (1978)

Genre

Interview

Eddie Loyden MP on the closures of British Leyland and Birds Eye plants on Merseyside. He says this could mean ten thousand people out of work in the Liverpool area.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Bird Eye decision to close Liverpool plant (1978)

Genre

Interview

Labour MP Robert Kilroy-Silk talks about the decision of Birds Eye to close its plant in Kirby, Liverpool. He claims it would be a catastrophe to the town of Kirby, but also speculates that the company may...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Aid comes to Romania (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

A British mercy flight has returned to London after delivering over two tons of food to Romania. Over 100 passengers, including a number of exiles, made the emotional trip to ferry supplies to the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio