[…] Transcript. Copyright is vested in the BECTU History project, recorded -highlight">-highlight">at Glebelands on 22rd August 1988, interviewer Sidney Cole [with […]
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[…] background inform-highlight">ation on the History Project, which can be seen -highlight">-highlight">at www.historyproject.org.uk The Project was founded by a small group […]