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It was shown animated, on the beginning of the menu trailer after the news
Presumably someone made that either at sometime during the strike or as soon as it was agreed when they were returning and what with
I had an uncle working at an ITV company at the time and I clearly remember him saying that it was a bit crazy about 5 days before it was announced they had come to an agreement. The unions knew they would win - they always did in the 70's. I remember the shop stewards were particularly Bolshie towards anyone considered 'management'
It was a good summer holiday though and it shoved me in the direction of my career.
One of my bosses in the 80s was a fairly militant (his own words) shop steward in a large ITV company in the 60s, the company solved the 'problem' by promoting him to management.
I think it's been said that the Welcome Home promo was done by an outside company, hence why it was a still rather than an animation sequence - there was nobody at ITV to transfer it to a transmittable format.
It was shown animated, on the beginning of the menu trailer after the news
Presumably someone made that either at sometime during the strike or as soon as it was agreed when they were returning and what with
I had an uncle working at an ITV company at the time and I clearly remember him saying that it was a bit crazy about 5 days before it was announced they had come to an agreement. The unions knew they would win - they always did in the 70's. I remember the shop stewards were particularly Bolshie towards anyone considered 'management'
It was a good summer holiday though and it shoved me in the direction of my career.
One of my bosses in the 80s was a fairly militant (his own words) shop steward in a large ITV company in the 60s, the company solved the 'problem' by promoting him to management.