| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/58 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Former Prime Ministers, Ministers of Fuel and Power etc, and Mining Constituency Members of Parliament's Study</title> |
| Interview of Varley, Eric Graham (Rt Hon) |
| Second South Wales Coalfield Project 1979-82 |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Recorded memoirs of Rt Hon Eric Varley, former Minister of Technology, of his life and career, and the influence of mining; the running down of the mining industry, and its place in the energy market. Also the strikes of 1972 and 1974; the general election of 1974; pneumoconiosis compensation scheme; incentive bonus schemes; and his relations with miners leaders</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Varley</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Eric Graham [Rt Hon] & Paynter</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Members of Parliament</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">Labour Party & National Union of Mineworkers & National Coal Board & Oil Producers Economic Cartel (OPEC)</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Markham Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Derbyshire</emph><emph altrender="parish">England</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Derbyshire</emph><emph altrender="county">England</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1972</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1974</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Election, General 1974</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">apprenticeships </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">productivity </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nuclear energy </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">elections </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pneumoconiosis </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">compensation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">power loading </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">incentive bonus scheme </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">oil industry </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1930 = 1982 (c) |
| 1979 = 1982 |
| Related Material | <archref linktype="simple"><extref linktype="simple"><emph altrender="filename">WXYZ</emph><emph altrender="identity">loan copy : Miners Library</emph></extref></archref> |
| Physical Description | good |
| Extent | no of tapes : 1 |
| Language | English |