Our Story

Original version

BBC Radio Shetland

Factual: History

Communities around Scotland tell the stories that matter to them. With Mark Stephen.

BBC Radio Scotland FM

BBC Radio Scotland Extra

BBC Radio Orkney

Our Story: Lee Jeans Factory Sit-in

Lee Jeans Factory Sit-in

BBC Radio Scotland - Our Story, Lee Jeans Factory Sit-in

Scotland's communities tell the stories that matter to them.  With Mark Stephen.

Mark Stephen meets women who worked at the former Lee Jeans factory in Greenock and hears about their dramatic 7 month sit-in.

When women at the Lee Jeans factory in Greenock heard that their textile factory was to be closed, they barricaded themselves in and embarked on a 7 month sit-in.  Mark Stephen returns with them to the site of the former factory to discover more about this significant chapter in Scotland's labour history.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Our Story

Lee Jeans Factory Sit-in

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio Shetland

About BBC Radio Scotland