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Clips of the President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), on the closure of Orgreave colliery [Yorkshire] and reasons for the Miners’ strike, and footage of Ian McGregor [Chairman of the National Coal Board] on the NCB plan for coal.

Scope and Contents Seven boxes with numerous sleeves of 63mm and 35mm photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of photographs, the vast majority of which contain images of Spitting Image puppets. These images have been produced for Spitting Image publications and merchandise, commissioned work from external publications and companies, for general use by the media, and for other purposes. There are also transparencies and related...

Scope and Contents Includes: note on selection and reselection, 1985; note on an interview by Arthur Scargill [President, National Union of Mineworkers] and a dispute over trade union law; report of the review committee on head office organisation; memoranda by Charles Clarke [Head of NK’s office] on the appointment of a new General Secretary and party organisation (duplicate of item in 2/1/23); memoranda by Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] on Labour’s performance in Parliament, party...

Scope and Contents A box containing numerous sleeves with 63mm photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with a small amount of photographs and contact prints, which feature puppet illustrations and other images used as part of the 1993 Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Thatcha! The Real Maggie Memoirs. The photographic images were taken by Steve Bendelack, Andrea Heselton, Greg Pullen and other unidentified photographers.The sleeves are...