Robert Runcie on social change and violence in miners strike

Title

Robert Runcie on social change and violence in miners strike

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:01:59

Description

Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, talks to the press about his visit to a community centre in London and place of the Church in helping people adapt to social change. He also comments on the effects of violence within mining communities within the context of the miners’ strike.

Contributors

Robert Runcie

Keywords

Strikes; Labour disputes; Social problems; Archbishops; Violence; Church; Church of England; Coal miners; Anglicanism; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Church and State; Social change; Strikes (events)

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