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Just a Bit of Paper....

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

He just had a bit of paper, you know, to say he'd finished. That's the part that hurts. Just a bit of paper ...
- the wife of a steelman from Shotton in North Wales, one of the 6,500 who lost their jobs this year after British Steel turned off the furnaces. ending 78 years of steel-making on the banks of the River Dee.
The closure has torn the working heart out of the community that grew to serve the works. The people of Shotton tell how they've coped - and how they're facing the future. Presented by Roy Roberts Additional material by HUBERT WILLIAM. A Radio Wales News production by CHRIS SEGAR

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Chris Segar
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