digital:works Podcast

Fleet Street Remembered - Episode 3

September 21, 2020 digital:works Season 5 Episode 3
Fleet Street Remembered - Episode 3
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digital:works Podcast
Fleet Street Remembered - Episode 3
Sep 21, 2020 Season 5 Episode 3
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A podcast based on oral history interviews with former printers and journalists. It covers the post-war heyday of Fleet Street as the home of the British newspaper industry up to the Wapping dispute which heralded a new era. 

This is episode 3 and explores life on Fleet Street and the importance of the union to workers and working practices in the print.

The interviews were collected by children from St Matthew’s and St George The Martyr Primary schools as part of a project supported by St Bride Institute and the News International Dispute Archive. 

Archive audio courtesy of Andy Humphries and Dispute TV.

Funded by
National Lottery Heritage Fund and Legends Publishing 

Visit the project website where you can watch the film made for this project.

Show Notes

A podcast based on oral history interviews with former printers and journalists. It covers the post-war heyday of Fleet Street as the home of the British newspaper industry up to the Wapping dispute which heralded a new era. 

This is episode 3 and explores life on Fleet Street and the importance of the union to workers and working practices in the print.

The interviews were collected by children from St Matthew’s and St George The Martyr Primary schools as part of a project supported by St Bride Institute and the News International Dispute Archive. 

Archive audio courtesy of Andy Humphries and Dispute TV.

Funded by
National Lottery Heritage Fund and Legends Publishing 

Visit the project website where you can watch the film made for this project.