Play for Today. Leeds United! from christine robinson headteacher rotherham Watch Video

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✓ Published: 23-Mar-2024

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First broadcast 31st October 1974.<br/><br/>The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.<br/><br/>Lynne Perrie ... Mollie<br/>Elizabeth Spriggs ... Maggie<br/>Lori Wells ... Sadie<br/>Josie Lane ... Annie<br/>Bert Gaunt ... Harry Gridley<br/>Stan Stennett ... Joe Pike<br/>Peter Wallis ... Fred Packer<br/>Bernard Archard ... Managing Director, Blacks<br/>Stanley Meadows ... Managing Director, Benthams<br/>Terence Frisby ... Raymond Boswell<br/>Peter Cellier ... Philip Stringer<br/>Pat Wallis ... Rhona<br/>Peter Russell ... Stan Lloyd<br/>Christine Buckley ... Joan<br/>Frances Goodall ... Peggy<br/>John Comer ... Billy Crane<br/>Martin Dempsey ... Union Regional Secretary<br/>George Silver ... Bent<br/>Tony Heath ... Isaacs<br/>D.J. Huckerby ... King (as Denis Huckerby)<br/>Duggie Brown ... Bus Conductor<br/>Gwen Harris ... Older Worker<br/>Dennis Lawes ... Older Worker<br/>Terry Waddington ... Dennis Jones<br/>Sue Dexter ... Mrs. Hesketh<br/>Nanette Ryder ... Mrs. Gridley<br/>Muriel Lawford ... Florrie<br/>Wendy Marshall ... Young Girl<br/>Bernard Atha ... Radio Reporter<br/>Alex Robinson ... Town Hall Chairman<br/>Christine Early ... Striker<br/>Kenneth Hastwell ... Striker (as Ken Hastwell)<br/>Suzi Daniels ... Striker<br/>Joyce Kennedy ... Striker<br/>Elizabeth Dawn ... Striker<br/>Patti Nicholls ... Striker (as Patti Nichols)<br/>Olga Grahame ... Striker<br/>Don Scales ... Jack<br/>Poppy Lane ... Striker (uncredited)<br/>Colin Welland ... Man guiding scabs