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Lesney toy factory closure

Title
Lesney toy factory closure
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
3 Jan 1982
Year of production
1982
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Duration
00:03:05
Description
Report on the closure of the Lesney toy factory in Hackney, east London - the producer of Matchbox cars. Includes interviews with workers about redundancies. Male reporter not identified. Cataloguer’s note: transmission date supplied may be incorrect; speaker discusses the liklihood of working on Christmas Eve, their last day.
Contributors
None Identified
Keywords
London; Companies; Unemployment; Hackney; Toys; Redundancies; Factories; Lesney Products & Co. Ltd.

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