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.
Episode 4 explores the lead up to the Wapping Dispute and what life was like on the picket line.
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.