"It was the best Christmas we ever had," says Aggie Currie without hesitation. "And a lot of mining families would say the ...

With solidarity coming in from across Britain and the world, PETER LAZENBY speaks to the people who made Christmas 1984 a ...

There was no need for any more than a token picket as you don’t cross a picket line no matter what. I picketed throughout the strike in Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, North Wales and Lancashire at the ...

“I grew up in the aftermath of the miners strike. What I learned really from ... t speak to each other since some miners broke the picket line and went back to work. The scabs, and the ones ...

Agency rail workers will be stopped at picket lines and asked not to cross ... 2022 where she became increasingly flustered as she harked back to the violent miners’ strike of the 1980s to draw ...

The miners' strike ... During the strike, an estimated 20,000 people were injured or hospitalised, including NUM leader Arthur Scargill, while around 200 served time in prison or custody. Tragically, ...

The miners' strike of 1984-85 ... Tragically, two men lost their lives on picket lines. The strike was triggered by an announcement from National Coal Board chairman Ian MacGregor that four ...

Miners strike 1984: the beginning of a struggle that decided the future of many North East communities. The miners strike saw Margaret Thatcher and the Tory government lock horns with NUM ...

"Not all miners are created equal," Dobson tells Yahoo Finance. He distinguishes between two types: those capable of pivoting to high-performance computing, and efficient operators focused on ...