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  1. Tanker drivers’ dispute (1978)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Peter Gould reports on the petrol crisis due to the tanker drivers’ overtime ban. Includes interviews with Jack Jones, TUC; William (Bill) Rodgers MP.

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  2. Tanker drivers’ dispute (1978)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report by Peter Spencer from an Old Kent Road garage in London on the tanker drivers’ overtime ban and the possible effect of panic buying of petrol; interview with David Foster, ESSO tanker driver on why...

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  3. Lorry driver strikes (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the effect of the lorry drivers strike on the newspaper industry. Including interviews with Larry Lamb who explains why the Sun newspaper is reduced in size during the strike; Barry Warwick from...

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  4. Leyland drivers strike ends (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with shop steward and Tony Tombes over end of unofficial strike of BL drivers at a Rover plant in Solihull over Mr Tombes’s dismissal for theft of a tax disc. Asks if union had recommended return...

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  5. French truckers’ blockades (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    British lorry driver Peter Stansbridge says he has been trapped on the A7 motorway in the South of France by the French truckers’ blockades for 8 days and British truckers are running out of money and the...

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  6. Barry Wilcock on escaping from Timisoara (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    British lorry driver Barry Wilcock talks about his experience in Timisoara, Romania, during the violent demonstrations against President Ceausescu. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Gareth Furby).

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  7. No need for panic buying (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, John Silkin urges calm, and claims there is no need for panic buying in the current (lorry drivers?) strikes. He voices his optimism a national state of...

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  8. State of emergency needed in UK? (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Conservative politician Sir Geoffrey Howe on the economy, says the country is no better off than it was 5 years ago under the Labour Government. As the lorry drivers’ strikes continue, Howe regrets the...

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  9. Price freeze opposed (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Labour MP Eric Heffer opposes the call for a wage and price freeze during the lorry drivers’ strikes, calling them unpractical, and claiming should they go ahead, public opinion would be very much against...

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  10. Operation Raglan (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Laurie Flynn, journalist on Socialist Worker, on Operation Raglan - military use in civil community; claims that the Government were ready to use troops to deal with the petrol supply crisis...

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