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Liberal Party leader David Steel on visit to Folkestone, Kent, prior to the 1987 General Election; includes discussion with public about Channel Tunnel rail link; views of Captain Russell, local resident....
Interview with Sam McCluskie, National Union of Seamen (NUS), on a strike by seamen (in defiance of a High Court order), which has crippled Britain’s ferry services. Male reporter not identified.
Linda Duffin reports on the first anniversary of the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster outside the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium (06/03/87). One hundred and ninety-three people died when the boat...
Report on an awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace where the Queen presented medals to 28 people who risked (or gave) their lives in trying to rescue others in the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster...
On the 76th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, relics went under the hammer at a special auction yesterday. There were 180 lots but most excitement was caused by a watercolour picture of the liner:...
Sham Ambiavagar reports on a final pay offer by P & O managers to striking seamen. P & O say if the offer is rejected then the company could be sold to a foreign competitor using non-union labour. Includes...
P & O European Ferries are sacking all those workers who stay out on strike after today. The company’s Managing Director, Graeme Dunlop, says he has had no choice but to sack the strikers. Seamen’s...
The P & O Ferries dispute moves to the courts today. Sealink is to ask a judge to seize the assets of the National Union of Seamen after its ships were prevented from sailing by Dover pickets yesterday....
P & O Ferries are claiming that they have broken the back of the seamen’s blockade. Reporter James Bays was on the Pride of Bruges as it steamed out of Dover, bound for Zeebrugge. Contributions from P...
David Carpenter was a ship’s carpenter for fifteen years before being sacked by P & O for going on strike. He has been trying to persuade former colleagues who have decided to go back to work, not to...
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