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STEEL INDEX| THE SONGS| INTERVIEWS| GALLERY| VIDEO| CREDITS| HAVE YOUR SAY

foundry

The 2006 Radio Ballads have taken a year to make and many thousands of hours of interviewing, writing, editing, songwriting, recording, mixing and producing.

These are the people who worked on The Song Of Steel.

Interviewees
Professor Mel Jones, Brian Dempsey, Barbara Dempsey, Eddie Grimes, John Heaps, Alan Senior, Bill Senior, Margaret Barraclough, Fred Parr, Dave Moffatt, Thelma Dransfield, Simon Pickvance, Ian Steel, Judith Parker, Jack Illingworth, Roger Stone, Bob Rae, Joyce Dodsworth, Norman Hanlon, Dave Fletcher, Ian Hanley, Bryan McMillan, Fred Roper, Graham Honeyman, Keith Cane, Alan Hopkins

Interviewer
Vince Hunt

Songwriters
John Tams, Ray Hearne, Julie Matthews

Associate Musical Director
Graeme Taylor

Brass arrangement
Goff Richards

Singers
John Tams, Kate Rusby, Barry Coope, Julie Matthews, Lester Simpson, Chris While, Jim Boyes

Musicians
John McCusker (cittern, fiddle), Andy Cutting (accordion), Graeme Taylor (guitar), Barry Coope (keyboards), John Tams (guitar, mouth organ), Andy Seward (bass)

Radio announcer
Alan Dedicoat

Additional interviews
John Leonard

Series interviews editor
Annie Grundy
Series music producer/engineer
Andy Seward
Series musical director
John Tams
Series executive producer
John Leonard

Archive and music research
Dorrene Ashcroft and Peter Hardy at the BBC Sound Archive, Manchester

The producers would like to gratefully acknowledge the help and assistance of the following people, without whom this programme would not have been possible:

John Heaps and the staff at Sheffield Magna - the former Steel, Peach and Tozer steelworks in Rotherham
Claire Neilson and Brian Daniels at Corus Engineering Group, Sheffield
John Bergin, Ian Steel and the forge staff at Firth Rixson drop forge
Graham Honeyman, Dave Fletcher and Mac on
the gate at Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd
Bob Rae at The Sheffield Star
Dave Markwell at BBC Radio Sheffield
The staff at Sheffield City Council Archive

Very special thanks: Sally Tams

WEBSITEWebsite production
Mel Ledgard, Debbie Kilbride, Vince Hunt, Annie Grundy (video), Alan Braidwood

Templeborough painting
Terry Gorman

Photo credits
The Tank Museum, Bovington
The Royal Artillery Historical Trust
The Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop, Hampshire
The Royal Engineers Museum and RE Corps Library, Chatham, Kent
The Infantry and Small Arms School Corps Weapons Collection, Warminster
Corus Engineering Group, Sheffield
Bryan Ledgard
Vince Hunt
Sheffield Magna Science Adventure Centre

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