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  1. Margaret Thatcher visits ICI factory (1980)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during a visit to the opening of a new ICI plant at Runcorn in Cheshire on 06/06/80 where she defends the Government’s economic and industrial policy.

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  2. Nick Cowan on Meccano takeover (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Nick Cowan of the Employers Federation on the planned takeover of the Meccano factory in Liverpool. Male interviewer not identified. In two parts.

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  3. Iran-Iraq war - British workers killed in Basra (1980)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a male British worker (not identified) on his arrival back in England, after witnessing an attack near Basra, Iraq, by Iranian aircraft during the Iran-Iraq war. The explosion at a...

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  4. Decision makers (1981)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary; Speech

    Decision Makers- the Japanese work ethic, presented by Peter Spencer. What is behind the Japanese success story including discussion of their trade unions, and to what extent can their methods be applied...

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  5. Attempts to save Talbot Linwood car plant (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Secretary of State for Scotland, George Younger, about his attempts to save the Talbot Linwood car manufacturing plant. Female interviewer not identified. Short break in recording.

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  6. Roland Smith on Ford’s Dagenham plant (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Former managing director of Ford, 94 year-old Sir Roland Smith, talks about the Dagenham plant on its fiftieth anniversary. The current MD, Sam Toy, also comments. Male interviewer not identified.

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  7. Ford’s Dagenham plant (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male Ford company archivist on how Ford came to Dagenham, on the fiftieth anniversary of the plant. He also talks about the planned celebrations. Male interviewer not identified.

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  8. Ford Dagenham plant (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    An ex-Ford worker on the decision of Ford Motors to open a factory in Dagenham, and his own experience as a job-hunting engineer in the early days. He is speaking on the fiftieth anniversary of the plant....

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  9. Linwood car plant to close (1981)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the planned closure of the Talbot, Linwood car plant in Scotland with massive loss of jobs. John Perkins reports.

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  10. David Gilroy Bevan on British Leyland (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Conservative MP David Gilroy Bevan criticising the management of British Leyland, particularly Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes, for closing manufacturing plants and wasting money. And on a...

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