| Description | Band 1. Pat Duffy MP Labour MP for Attercliffe talks about unemployment and the proposed development scheme for Attercliffe, Darnall and Tinsley. Phone in callers ask about education, council house sales etc, wide ranging discussion of local and national issues.
Band 2. Coal. Steve Fothergill an economist from Reading University talks about the report on the use of coal and nuclear energy commissioned by the coalfield communities’ campaign. Expresses support of the findings and thinks that Labour Party policy to phase out nuclear stations is sensible. Increase in jobs in coal industry.
Band 3. Rotherham. Alan Carrathers, Director of Planning for Rotherham talks about the new shopping centre to be developed within the Victorian facade of the Town Hall. Discusses importance of good facilities for Rotherham.
Band 4. Conservative Party. Report on the 4 candidates for the conservative constituency of Hallam and the selection procedure. Each candidate is discussed and the reasons why the seat is an important one.
Band 5. Coal Industry. Gary Morris talks about the background to a new documentary called 'Skin and Coal' [a documentary film by Claudine Boothe], on Black miners in the Doncaster area. He describes the way the industry used to discriminate against Black and the development of integration in some pits.
[The story of two generations of Black workers in the British mining industry, living and working in Doncaster, Leeds and Nottingham. Black workers have moved up from the bottom to most mining jobs, but they find more discrimination outside the pits. They talk about how they see themselves in relation to other miners in England, and to the Black South African miners. Made by Social Film and Video Ltd (1987), an independent Black production company, documentary, 51 mins - available by subscription online]. |