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  1. Miners strike - Nottingham mine closes (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the decision of workers at the Welbeck Colliery - the largest coal mine in Nottinghamshire - to join the pit strike after pressure from picketing Yorkshire miners. Includes interview with a picket....

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  2. Scargill on Solidarity and pit closure action (1983)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference with NUM President Arthur Scargill following comments he made about Polish union Solidarity and the news miners at the Coedely Colliery in South Wales will take industrial action to save...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  3. Pit closures in Rhondda (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    Report on the announcement of National Coal Board colliery closures in the Rhondda, South Wales. The condemned pits include the Ty Mawr / Lewis Merthyr Colliery. Speaking are: Paul Weston, Careers Officer,...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  4. Miners strike - Miners views on return to work (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; Vox pop

    Vox pop with Bickershaw Colliery miners near Wigan with their views and feelings about going back to work in the pits after the end of the miners’ strike. Female reporter not identified.

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  5. Arthur Scargill fights to save pits (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on the fight of Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, against the National Coal Board’s plan to close less profitable plants. Scargill says the plants have a contribution...

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  6. Mining tragedy (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sir Derk Ezra, Chairman of the National Coal Board, talks about the recent mining accident [at Golborne Colliery, Lancashire] in which a build-up of methane gas was exposed to a spark, causing an explosion....

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  7. Frickley miners strike ends (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the end of the miner’s dispute in the Yorkshire coalfields, in particular the dispute at Frickley Colliery. Including interviews with Steve Tully, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Branch...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  8. Scargill at end of miners strike (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview just before midnight on the last day of the miners’ strike with NUM President Arthur Scargill at Cortonwood Colliery’s Alamo picket hut where the strike began. On the achievements of the...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  9. Incentive scheme caused blast (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Miners leader Arthur Scargill blames the fatal accident [at Golborne Colliery, Lancashire] on the productivity incentive scheme, with the Coal Board cutting corners to get the coal out, and miners taking...

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  10. Betteshanger colliery to close (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    Clayre Gribben reports on an announcement by British Coal which effectively means the end of coal mining in the South-East of England. 600 jobs will go when the Betteshanger pit, near Deal in Kent closes....

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio
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