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NEWSVIEW NEWS AND MAGAZINE: SIR WILLIAM LAWTHER ON LORD 'JOHN' LAWSON
1965
1965-08-04
DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Sound Duration: 5 min 10 sec Credits: Individuals: Brian Widlake
Genre: TV News
Subject: Coal Politics Religion
Summary A Tyne Tees Television news report in which reporter Brian Widlake speaks with former trade unionist and President of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) Sir William ‘Will’ Lawther about fellow trade unionist and Labour politician Lord John James Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson who died the previous day.
Description
A Tyne Tees Television news report in which reporter Brian Widlake speaks with former trade unionist and President of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) Sir William ‘Will’ Lawther about fellow trade unionist and Labour politician Lord John James Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson who died the previous day.
From his home in the County Durham village of Chopwell, Sir William ‘Will’ Lawther speaks with Tyne Tees Television reporter Brian Widlake about Lord ‘Jack’ Lawson, Labour...
A Tyne Tees Television news report in which reporter Brian Widlake speaks with former trade unionist and President of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) Sir William ‘Will’ Lawther about fellow trade unionist and Labour politician Lord John James Lawson, 1st Baron Lawson who died the previous day.
From his home in the County Durham village of Chopwell, Sir William ‘Will’ Lawther speaks with Tyne Tees Television reporter Brian Widlake about Lord ‘Jack’ Lawson, Labour politician, fellow union leader, writer and Methodist lay preacher. Will talks about Jack's early political career, the challenges for him attending Ruskin College and the work he did on his return to the Durham coalfield to help develop the miners welfare.
