Bentley colliery to close

Title

Bentley colliery to close

Genre

Interview

TX Date

15 Nov 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:37

Description

Angela Rippon interviews Robert Fiedor(?), Yorkshire President of the Pit Deputies Union, NACODS, who describes the reaction to the news Bentley Colliery near Doncaster will close. Fiedor describes the redundancy offers miners will recieve and the anger at the news of the pit closures. For Drivetime programme.

Contributors

Angela Rippon; Robert Fiedor(?)

Keywords

Trade unions; Economics; Unemployment; Employment; Coal industry; Coal miners; NACODS; Mine closures; Drivetime (radio programme); Bentley Colliery

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