{"id":1409,"date":"2017-11-26T17:38:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T16:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=1409"},"modified":"2018-06-08T07:28:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T06:28:44","slug":"banging-fleet-street-remembered","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/banging-fleet-street-remembered\/","title":{"rendered":"Banging Out &#8211; Fleet Street Remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Banging Out - Fleet Street Remembered\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/100246126?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A superb documentary with interviews from ex Fleet Street workers, produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digital-works.co.uk\/\">digital:works.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The interviewees give a real insight into what it was like to work in the UK national newspaper industry in those days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Banging Out&#8221; ceremonies are discussed in some detail, as well as Murdoch&#8217;s disgraceful treatment of his workforce.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m surprised none of the interviewees described the indelible red dye spraying that I witnessed. Some officers carried pressurised spraying equipment and sprayed copious amounts of dye.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1422\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1422\" src=\"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screenshot_20171130-114213-294x300.png\" alt=\"Police dye-spraying equipment used at Wapping\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screenshot_20171130-114213-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screenshot_20171130-114213-147x150.png 147w, https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screenshot_20171130-114213-768x782.png 768w, https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screenshot_20171130-114213.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 85vw, 294px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police with portable dye-spraying equipment during the Wapping Dispute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Indelible Red Dye<\/h2>\n<p>They sprayed the indelible red dye on pickets clothing. As well as ruining the clothing, it also acted as a marker enabling pickets to be identified on their way home. This often led to them being arrested on trumped up charges of being &#8220;drunk and disorderly,&#8221; etc.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, though the film is a very heart-warming account of the UK national newspaper industry, described by some as &#8220;one big party.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A superb documentary with interviews from ex Fleet Street workers, produced by digital:works. The interviewees give a real insight into what it was like to work in the UK national newspaper industry in those days. &#8220;Banging Out&#8221; ceremonies are discussed in some detail, as well as Murdoch&#8217;s disgraceful treatment of his workforce. 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