| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/142 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Former Prime Ministers, Ministers of Fuel and Power etc, and Mining Constituency Members of Parliament's Study</title> |
| Interview of Mason, Roy (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 Roy Mason, former Minister of Fuel and Power. Includes his background in the mining industry; studying mechanical engineering; his selection for Parliament; strength of mining MP's in 1950's; the threat of nuclear energy on the coal industry; campaign to remove slag heaps; fuel policies and the run-down of the coal industry; opposition to the 1967 White Paper; Lord Robens role concerning the pit closure program; his appointment to the Department of Fuel and Power; his involvement in the Seaton Carew issue; Draks 2 Coal Fired Power Station; and the slow down of pit closures</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Mason</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Roy [Rt Hon] & Thornby</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">National Union of Mineworkers & National Coal Board & Labour Party & Yorkshire Miners Parliamentary Panel & Central Electricity Generating Board & NUM National Executive Council</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Warncliffe Woodmore Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Carlton</emph><emph altrender="parish">Barnsley</emph><emph altrender="township">Yorkshire</emph><emph altrender="street">England</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Mining Technical College</emph><emph altrender="county">Barnsley</emph><emph altrender="parish">Yorkshire</emph><emph altrender="township">England</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Selby</emph><emph altrender="county">Yorkshire</emph><emph altrender="parish">England</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Seaton Carew</emph><emph altrender="county">Billingham</emph><emph altrender="parish">Middlesborough</emph><emph altrender="township">Cleveland</emph><emph altrender="street">England</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Sunningdale</emph><emph altrender="county">Berkshire</emph><emph altrender="parish">England</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Explosion, Warncliffe Woodmore Colliery 1936</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Nationalisation, Vesting Day 1947</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Disaster, Aberfan 1966</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Conference, Sunningdale 1968 (arranged by Roy Mason)</emph></subject></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">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial injuries </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">explosions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disasters </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">compensation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">unemployment </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">training </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nuclear energy </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">slagheaps </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">conservation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">productivity </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">oil industry </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closed shop </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">gas industry </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">mechanisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">steel industry </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">retirement </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pickets </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Parliamentary Acts </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list><list type="deflist"><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Fuel Policy White Paper 1967</item></defitem></list> |
| Date | 1930 = 1980 (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 |