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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Vic Feather, trade unionist, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the lobby of the headquarters of Punch Magazine in central London following a meeting he had attended as a contributing cartoonist.

Vic, who was born in Bradford, the son of a trade unionist grocer, worked at the local Co-operative store while learning business studies at night school and helping to run The Bradford Pioneer - a weekly campaign newsletter for the Labour Party. In 1937, he joined the Trades Union Congress before serving as a private in the Home Guard during the Second World War.

He became Assistant Secretary of the TUC in 1947, Assistant General Secretary in 1960, and General Secretary in 1969, representing ten million workers and leading the British trade union movement's fight against the Industrial Relations Act of 1971. He retired from the TUC in 1973 to become President of the first-ever European Trade Union Confederation.

"It's a very slim volume!"

programme details...

• Edition No: 362
• Subject No: 363
• Broadcast date: Wed 28 Nov 1973
• Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
• Recorded: Wed 31 Oct 1973
• Repeated: Wed 29 May 1974 7.00pm
• Venue: Euston Road Studios
• Series: 14
• Edition: 2

on the guest list...

• Alice - wife
• Pat - daughter
• Stan - son-in-law
• Sandy - son
• Patsy - daughter-in-law
• Winnie - sister
• Edwin - brother
• Jack - brother
• Arthur Jones
• Fred Spencer
• Lord Walter Citrine
• Donald Cromwell
• Harry Mortimer
• Gillian - granddaughter
• James - grandson
• Victoria - granddaughter
• Grimethorpe Colliery Band
• Fred Carlin
Filmed tributes:
• Mike Yarwood
• Don Revie
• Billy Bremner
• Peter Lorimer
• members of Leeds Utd FC team

related appearance...

• Susan Masham - Feb 1976

production team...

• Researcher: Sarah Dickinson
• Writer: John Sandilands
• Director: Royston Mayoh
• Producer: Malcolm Morris

• names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life

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Screenshots of Vic Feather This Is Your Life