{"id":10929,"date":"2023-12-01T10:46:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=10929"},"modified":"2023-12-11T14:48:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T13:48:38","slug":"rcs-spanner-bolt-raid-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/rcs-spanner-bolt-raid-1976\/","title":{"rendered":"RCS Spanner &amp; Bolt Raid 1976"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-20-at-13.33.20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10949\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-20-at-13.33.20-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Today we have an extract from one of the oldest recordings from STOIC&#8217;s news programme. On the 15th December 1976 Clive Lewis and James Sinclair were both presenting the Christmas edition of Lunchbreak. Who could want a better news story for Christmas than a mascotry raid. There was a front page splash about it in FELIX the following day, so STOIC seemed to have got the news, and also the interviews, pretty fast. Now, this was shot a few days before Christmas and I think the various constituent college union members should have been kept away from the balloons&#8230;as you&#8217;ll see! James Sinclair is attempting to hold things together though.<\/p>\r\n<p>This is very much a deteriorating archive recording so please bear with it because it&#8217;s 47 years old and I had a major problem getting the tape to play back.<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cpRHMb97H5g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw December 2023<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December 1976 there was a very daring mascot raid by RCS on City and Guilds &#8216;Spanner and Bolt&#8217;. 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