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David Wray
Miners' strike
Miners' strike
Post on 29 January 2011 by Anonymous
“ My father in law was a police man during the strike. He tells me that him and his colleagues were provided with packed lunches that they gave to the miners. ”
“ My father in law was a police man during the strike. He tells me that him and his colleagues were provided with packed lunches that they gave to the miners. ”
Post on 29 January 2011 by Anonymous
“ I was a paramedic in Rotherham during the strike and was one of the first ambulance crews to arrive at Orgreave in June 1984. We were kitted out with riot helmets and first aid kits and stood behind the police. The day of the battle of Orgreave will stay in my memory for ever. The injuries to unarmed miners fighting for their future were appalling. ”
“ I was a paramedic in Rotherham during the strike and was one of the first ambulance crews to arrive at Orgreave in June 1984. We were kitted out with riot helmets and first aid kits and stood behind the police. The day of the battle of Orgreave will stay in my memory for ever. The injuries to unarmed miners fighting for their future were appalling. ”
Post on 29 January 2011 by Anonymous
“ South Wales miners didn't need pickets - no miner would go to work so picket lines weren't needed - even my dad who was a member of N.A.C.O.D.S. would not have crossed a picket line. ”
“ South Wales miners didn't need pickets - no miner would go to work so picket lines weren't needed - even my dad who was a member of N.A.C.O.D.S. would not have crossed a picket line. ”
Post on 29 January 2011 by Anonymous
“ My husband was a face worker at Ellington Colliery in Northumberland, and on strike the whole year. He was an eloquent and articulate speaker and someone paid for him to go to Denmark to speak on behalf of the Northumberland miners, and to collect money as the union funds had been frozen. His sister had married a Dane and while there he visited her but she told him to go home and go back to work. He retorted that she had forgotten her roots, as their dad had been a deputy at Ashington pit. I think she was embarrassed at photos of him in his miners helmet and NCB jacket. They made up after... ”
“ My husband was a face worker at Ellington Colliery in Northumberland, and on strike the whole year. He was an eloquent and articulate speaker and someone paid for him to go to Denmark to speak on behalf of the Northumberland miners, and to collect money as the union funds had been frozen. His sister had married a Dane and while there he visited her but she told him to go home and go back to work. He retorted that she had forgotten her roots, as their dad had been a deputy at Ashington pit. I think she was embarrassed at photos of him in his miners helmet and NCB jacket. They made up after... ”
Post on 15 February 2011 by Anonymous
“ I was working in a butchers at the time and I remember how little the miners had to spend on food to feed a whole family.
I feel that this exhibition is a good thing as I know that there are young people who were not around or too young to remember, who don’t know about the strike. It should be remembered. Gillian W
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“ I was working in a butchers at the time and I remember how little the miners had to spend on food to feed a whole family.
I feel that this exhibition is a good thing as I know that there are young people who were not around or too young to remember, who don’t know about the strike. It should be remembered. Gillian W
”
Post on 15 February 2011 by Anonymous
“ I lived in Welwyn Garden City during the strike. Every Friday groups of miners were in our town centre collecting money for their support fund.
Despite Welwyn Garden City being a “Tory” area, the miners were welcomed and received support from many.
”
“ I lived in Welwyn Garden City during the strike. Every Friday groups of miners were in our town centre collecting money for their support fund.
Despite Welwyn Garden City being a “Tory” area, the miners were welcomed and received support from many.
”
Post on 15 February 2011 by Anonymous
“ We used to visit my in laws in Lancashire each weekend and I will never forget the sight of numerous coaches full of Metropolitan police heading northwards to confront the miners on their picket lines. ”
“ We used to visit my in laws in Lancashire each weekend and I will never forget the sight of numerous coaches full of Metropolitan police heading northwards to confront the miners on their picket lines. ”
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