The Spyglass
Newspaper
Crated for Peaky Blinders. The Spyglass Newspaper.
The lead article documents the 1926 coal crisis. Called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the eventual general strike was an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners.
Object details
| Object Type | Newspaper |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Creator | Thomas Love |
| Creation date | 2017 |
| Project | Peaky Blinders |
| Copyright | © Tiger Aspect Productions / BBC |
About this object record
This object was created as a prop or piece of scenic set dressing for a film or television production. It is neither an historic original or an object from the archives but a carefully crafted fake designed to entertain.