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Steel strike - Effects of picketing on Welsh factories (1980)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified (Welsh) male speaker, Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), on the effects of picketing on Welsh factories, including Metal Box at Neath, during the national steel strike. Male interviewer...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

The Business Programme No.47 (1989)

The Business Programme, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. Track 1- Commercial Breaks Ltd of Winchester//Southampton Cable Ltd. Interview with Louise Kaye, the owner of Commercial...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Government subsidy of industry (1975)

Genre

Speech

Speech by UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson on the Government’s decision to reject the wholesale subsidisation of large factories.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Workplace health and safety (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with male speaker (poss. James Hammer, Chief Inspector of Factories) on a report on health & safety in the workplace. Interviewer not identified. Sound level low.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Poole chemical explosion (1988)

Genre

Interview

Interview with eyewitness, Gail(?) Anderson, following an explosion at a chemical warehouse in Poole, Dorset. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Lesney toy factory closure (1982)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the closure of the Lesney toy factory in Hackney, east London - the producer of Matchbox cars. Includes interviews with workers about redundancies. Male reporter not identified. Cataloguer’s...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Economy suffering due to excessive laws (1977)

Genre

Interview

Shadow Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe says the economy is suffering due to an excess of laws. He observes that building new factories here can take twice as long as in Europe for this reason. He also looks at...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Dennis Kelly on stewards blocking Ford exports (1978)

Genre

Interview

Liverpool port steward Dennis Kelly on the decision to block the import and export of Ford cars. Kelly says workers at the factories deserve a larger portion of the company’s profits. He says he wants to...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Michael Edwardes speech on priorities for BL survival (1978)

Genre

Speech

Chairman Michael Edwardes talks about the British Leyland crisis. He believes the company is moving towards a position where everyone knows there will be no bailing out, so the job must be done by the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Eddie McGarry on British Leyland job cuts (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with British Leyland TGWU union shop steward leader Eddie McGarry on the prospect of job cuts at BL and if any factories will have to be shut. Male interviewer not identified. Audio quality poor.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio