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Explore the story of British coal mining and the effects of industrial action through BBC radio and television broadcasts from the last 70 years
News652 results >
In Pictures / 24 May 2012Farm Security photographers . Recalling Thatcher's Britain, we see news pictures of the miners' strike or Paul Graham's stolen moments from the…
Magazine / 18 May 2012… updated in 1986 after disturbances in Brixton and Toxteth and miners strike It says a person is guilty under section five if he/she: uses threatening,…
Nottingham / 27 April 2012… rejected the tactics of the NUM. The split was credited by some as fatally damaging the striking miners' cause. Willie McGranaghan, former miner…
Local (archive)124 results >
Strike You are in: > > > Miners Strike on BBC Radio Sheffield Miners at a UK pit in 1984 Miners Strike on BBC Radio Sheffield As South Yorkshire…
Strike You are in: > > > Miners Strike 1984: Sir Bernard Ingham Thatcher and Ingham: Hillsborough 1989 Miners Strike 1984: Sir Bernard Ingham…
29 March 2011 Local BBC Sites Neighbouring Sites Related BBC Sites Miners Strike You are in: > > > Miners Strike audio/video Miners Strike…
TV & Radio Programmes14 results >
BBC Two / 9 March 2012… force of Thatcherism - from the new, aspirational house buyers, to the disenfranchised industrial working class and the cataclysmic miners' strike.
TV & Radio Sites42 results >
1984 Strike MINERS' STRIKE FACT FILE 9 January - 25 February, 1972 - Major miners' strike. 12 March, 1984 - Miners strike over threatened pit…
Blogs28 results >
BBC Wales History - Wales History / 27 February 2012… notion of Wales. The country seemed to be in flux, the political landscape dominated by the year-long miners' strike. Gwyn Alf and Wynford taught…
Learning9 results >
… on the Miners’ Strike Key Info Female Perspectives on the Miners’ Strike Duration: 02:38 Women are seen taking part in a picket in 1984 and…
Class Clips SEARCH BY KEYWORD OR CLIP NUMBER CLIP 7591 Miners’ Strike Timeline Key Info Miners’ Strike Timeline Duration: 02:16 A timeline…
… on Strike Key Info Why the Miners Went on Strike Duration: 01:06 The causes of the Miners’ Strike are explored. The closure of Cortonwood colliery…
Sport4 results >
Non League / 6 May 2010… even better than lifting the FA Vase itself. "The bomb and the miners' strikes had divided Deal as a community," he said. "But the town was…
- Internationals / 6 October 2004
… as working in the media. ON 2 MAY 1984. Betamax was the video of choice The miners' strike was raging Fluorescent socks were the height of fashion…
- Rugby Union / 14 March 2001
… used to getting beaten up at Preston" "I blew it with a stinking question on the Miners' Strike and the interview went downhill from thereon,"
