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Ref No	MS 1611/B/9/28
Title	Saltley Gate Actuality 106 - 107 [Maerdy Miners]
Level	File
Date	1973
Description	This envelope contains transcripts of interviews with Maerdy miners about industrial action in Wales and Birmingham . Transcripts 106 and 107 were both recorded on 19/12/1973. 106 details the view of Maerdy miners that this industrial dispute was a critical element for them. There is also a discussion of industrial relations and wage structures on the South Wales coalfield. Police tactics in dealing with mass pickets in Birmingham are also described. 107 is a continuation of interviews recorded in 106. Background information on the local Maerdy response to the 1972 miners' strike is given. With relation to Birmingham, a miner reports that the government had issued instructions to the police that 'Saltley Gate' was to be kept open at all costs.
Extent	1
Format	Envelope
Access Status	Open
AdminHistory	This is the nineteenth of a series of 35 envelopes of spare actuality material for this production. However, not all envelopes contained material at the time of cataloguing.
Language	English

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