| Ref No | MS 4000/5/2/7/36 |
| Title | Sound recording of South Wales Miners Library actuality lecture inserts discussing strikes in the mining industry from the General Strike, 1926 to the 1970s. Includes accounts of the march on the Nechells British Gas coke depot at Saltley Gate, Birmingham during the 1972 miners' strike |
| Level | File |
| Date | 02 June 1975 |
| Description | Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.09 Description of track: Silent track
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 1.20 Description of track: Male talking about the outcome of the General Strike, 1926
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 1.49 Description of track: Male talking about the outcome of the General Strike, 1926
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 0.43 Description of track: Male talking about the emergence of the working class movement
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.46 Description of track: Male describes German capitulation in Germany in Nov 1919
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 2.59 Description of track: Male describes growth in socialist feeling in Germany after First World War and growth in such feeling in England due to lack of work and the depression
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 0.30 Description of track: Female talks about the build up to the General Strike, 1926
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 2.02 Description of track: Female talks about the build up to the General Strike, 1926
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 0.22 Description of track: Female talks about the time of the General Strike, 1926 and the great weather 'strike weather'
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 0.34 Description of track: Male talks about the start of the General Strike, 1926 and picket duty
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 3.02 Description of track: Male talks about the importance and value of the socialist 'propaganda meetings' in the 1920s which were effective in getting supporters
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 0.31 Description of track: Female declares that the General Strike, 1926 had been a long time in coming
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 1.48 Description of track: Male agrees that the General Strike, 1926 had been a long time in coming as they deserved far better wages (Charles Parker asking questions); development of miner militancy
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 0.17 Description of track: Male states favoured expression during the strike at meetings
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 1.51 Description of track: Male states that the 'rank and file' were more militant then than ever before
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 0.23 Description of track: Male talks about the possibilities that were there which could have avoided the strike action
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 0.51 Description of track: Male talking about the NUR and that 'moderation is the keynote'
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 3.03 Description of track: Male talking about very small wage increases during the 1960s which did not lead to strike action as the miners were warned it was a climate of pit closure and miner unemployment and strike action would encourage more pit closures
Track 19: Duration (min/sec): 1.13 Description of track: Male explains that the real activists rose from the 'rank and file'
Track 20: Duration (min/sec): 1.34 Description of track: Female talks about the workers in East Birmingham supporting the National Union of Mineworkers in the 1972 strike by marching to the Nechells British Gas depot at Saltley Gate and getting it closed; they marched from the SU Carburettors, met up with workers from the Morris Commercial, marched on Saltley Gate and closed the depot
Track 21: Duration (min/sec): 0.39 Description of track: Male talks about the march on Saltley Gate and the change in attitude of the police towards the working class
Track 22: Duration (min/sec): 0.51 Description of track: Male talks about the strength of the movement by 1972
Track 23: Duration (min/sec): 1.03 Description of track: Male talks about the organisation of the strike
Track 24: Duration (min/sec): 6.06 Description of track: Female and male talk about the working class and the importance of having faith in their power and resolve to change society
Total duration: (min/sec): 35.26 |
| Related Material | See written documentation on lectures and courses given by Charles Parker at MS 4000/1/3
See also written documentation on the 1976 Banner Theatre production of 'The Saltley Gate Show' a dramatic version of the march on Saltley Gate in support of the 1972 miners' strike (MS 4000/2/152) |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number NF222 S022 4074
Original tape:
Size: 7" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Stereo
Dubbing Date: 02/03 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |