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- 16 March 1998 (Creation)
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1 audio cassette, 1 cd, 1 file, 1 AIFF file (398.3 MB)
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Interview with Nesta Roberts, journalist for the Guardian. Conducted by Leslie Plommer on 16 March 1998. Also includes a data sheet containing biographical details about the subject and information about the recording and notes made after the interview.
Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):
Disc 1:
Track 1
00.00 Starting on the Guardian
03.00 Time in Paris
03.45 Reports on Paris 1968 - tear gas, riots
08.00 Guardian on student side of barricades, Times with the police
12.45 Waiter telling her it's the police to look out for
21.40 First female reporter in Manchester
22.00 Talks about Mary Crozier, Mary Stott, Alastair Hetherington, Patrick Monkhouse, Norman Shrapnel
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Access to recording via GNM Digital Repository
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright: Guardian News & Media Ltd and Nesta Roberts
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- Plommer; Leslie; journalist (Subject)
- Roberts; Nesta Mary (1913-2009); journalist (Subject)