Battle Goes On Over Sunday Trading
From the collection of
Shopping
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1999-02-23
Battle Goes On Over Sunday Trading (About Anglia)
Opinions on the idea of Sunday trading from the Keep Sunday Special and Open Shop campaigns.
From the Cambridge offices of the Keep Sunday Special campaign, Valentine's Day is marked by over 125 meetings organised to discuss Sunday trading, and messages sent to Members of Parliament including a card from the shop workers' union USDAW to the Prime Minister. Peter Nott, Bishop of Norwich, expresses his fear that Sunday trading will disrupt family life, particularly as so many women are part-time workers. Nigel Whittaker of the Open Shop campaign puts the retailers' case that people can choose whether to shop on Sunday.
The 'Keep Sunday Special' campaign was set up to in 1985 to challenge plans to introduce Sunday trading in England and Wales. It was run from the Jubilee Centre in Cambridge, established by Dr Michael Schluter. The retailers represented by Nigel Whittaker of B&Q met with legal, economic and political obstacles. A bill to de-regulate Sunday trading failed in 1986, but in 1994 the Sunday Trading Act allowed large shops to open for six hours on Sunday, and smaller shops at other times. The reporter was Chris Young for this video filmed to be shown in a news story on Anglia Television early evening news / magazine programme 'About Anglia'.
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33 videos in this collection
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Shopping
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Shoplifting Is On The Increase
3
Dog: Dog Days
4
Post-Christmas Sales
5
Toy Fair 1980
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Charm School
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Round Robin: Think British
8
Debden Village Shop Re-opens
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Anderson and McAuley Department Store
10
Credit Card Shopping in Northampton
11
Villagers Open Community Shop
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St George's Market
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Shopping Centre Santas
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Yvonne Aston is the New Outsize Model
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Chinese Supermarket in Nottingham
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Big Night Out Shopping
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E Numbers in Everyday Popular Products
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Battle Goes On Over Sunday Trading
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Counterfeit Goods
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CD Video is the Future
21
Shop Safely on the Net: Virtual Mail (BSL / subtitles)
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Foam Furniture
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One Day in the Corn Exchange
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St Mary Street - 50 Years On
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Manchester A to Z
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High Streets
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Supermarkets and City Living
28
Oh No... Not Another Manchester A-Z
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The Fashionistas
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Take That Ticket Frenzy
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The Commercialisation of Easter
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Easter Day Shopping
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