- Reference No:
- U DPR/5/59
- Dates:
- 1996-1997
- Description:
- Film by Alan Plater, about the Tower Colliery workers who bought the colliery after it had been closed by the government. Contains a screenplay for 'The Day of the Wildebeest or How to Change the World' by Alan Plater (5 Dec 1996) with research material; a schedule of events (1991-May 1995); a list of parties of the Tower Employee Buy-out Team (TEBO); a report on a meeting at Rothschild (2 Aug 1996) (background on the British Coal sell-off); a booklet issued by Tower Lodge NUM entitled '14 days that shook Britain' about the last 14 days in Tower's life; notes on a possible film entitled 'Towards the Light, The Tower Colliery Story' by Alan Plater (8 Apr 1996); an itinerary for Alan Plater's visit to Cardiff and Tower Colliery (Sep 1996); Fairwater Consultancy Ltd, a guide to employee buy-outs, and Guide to Training Courses (1995); European Employee buy-out Project - Conversion Case Study relating to Tower Colliery, prepared by the Wales Co-operative Centre (Jan 1995); notes by Tabitha Levy, First City Productions, on consultants and others involved in the Tower story (1996); notes and thoughts by Alan Plater on a research trip [to Tower Colliery] (4-8 Sep 1996), written 11 Sep 1996, and manuscript notes by Alan Plater, [from a telephone conversation with David Kelly?] (7 Feb 1997).
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
-
Papers of Alan Plater
