Margaret Thatcher visits Gateshead

Title

Margaret Thatcher visits Gateshead

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Sep 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:20

Description

Report on the visit of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Willington Quay, Gateshead, where she tells locals not to moan about unemployment and criticises the strike at nearby Swan Hunter shipyard. Includes press conference with Thatcher; interview with John Bright, apprentice. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; John Bright

Keywords

Strikes; Labour disputes; Unemployment; Unemployed people; Shipyards; Gateshead; Willington Quay

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