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George Quinn on closure of Ravenscraig Hot Strip Mill (1990)

Genre

Interview

Shop steward George Quinn on the nomination of University Chancellor Sir Kenneth Alexander to the board of British Steel to find out the reasons for the closure of the Ravenscraig Hot Strip Mill and to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Village Life: Ecchinswell (1986)

Mike Matthews in association with Vincent’s BMW this week visits the village of Ecchinswell, in Hampshire. On Track 1, he conducts 5 interviews. 1- The home of Margaret, a lady with a great knowledge of...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Daw Mill pit vote to join NUM breakaway union (1985)

Genre

Interview

NUM official Dick Emery welcoming the three to one ballot vote by members at Daw Mill Colliery in Warwickshire in favour of leaving the NUM and joining the new breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Queen visits Pebble Mill studios (1981)

Genre

Interview; Music; News report

Report on the visit of the Queen to Pebble Mill, the BBC’s Birmingham headquarters, on the tenth anniversary of the opening of the studios as a network centre. Includes interviews with Ken Barton, Royal...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

British Steel to close Scottish strip mill (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

Mike Lloyd reports on the decision by British Steel to close a strip mill at Ravenscraig in Scotland, with the loss of 800 jobs, and move it to South Wales. Shocked and angry reaction from Scottish Industry...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

US tennis open-Chris Evert retires (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

Paul Woodley reports from the US Open Tennis tournament at Flushing Meadow in New York where American female tennis player, Chris Evert, is due to play her last grand slam event. Also comments on the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Diane Jones case - Witness sighting (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Essex mill owner Barry Otger, who claims to have seen Mrs Diane Jones on the afternoon of her disappearance, in a hairdresser’s she had visited for the first time. He says she was behaving...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Monty at large (1980)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

Monty At Large, presented by Monty Modlyn. This episode focuses on an employment training scheme for electrical repair engineers, run by the Manpower Services Commission at Marsh Brothers in Fulham....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Malcolm Rifkind defends himself over Ravenscraig closure (1990)

Genre

Interview

Malcolm Rifkind, Secretary of State for Scotland, is hitting back at rumours that a question mark is hanging over his future in the Cabinet, and dismisses as out-of-hand talk concerning the closure of the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

IRA threat to army barracks (1989)

Genre

Interview

Armed Forces Minister Archie Hamilton talks to John Alcock about the threat from the IRA to army barracks despite the increase in security since the Mill Hill explosion and how the security measures averted...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio