New Travellers in the New Forest

Title

New Travellers in the New Forest

Genre

Interview

TX Date

5 Jun 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:04:21

Description

Interview with members the so-called hippy convoy, in the New Forest. Two(?) men discuss money and employment with an unidentified male interviewer. One man describes social security payments as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s anti-riot money (i.e. paid to prevent civil unrest).

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Politics; Government; Social security; Margaret Thatcher; Economics; Unemployment; Employment; Hampshire; Travellers; New Age Travellers; New Travellers; Nomads; New Forest

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