Thatcher’s walkabout at Battersea market

Title

Thatcher’s walkabout at Battersea market

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher on a walkabout shopping tour of Battersea market. In an area of high immigrant population, one female stallholder is heard expressing concerns about Conservative immigration plans, also Thatcher speaking to youngster on skateboarding and about what she is buying.Tom Pollack reporting.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Tom Pollack

Keywords

London; Margaret Thatcher; Interethnic relations; Conservative Party; Immigration; Markets; Street trading; Skateboarding; Battersea

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