In the first of four extracts from her new memoir, former NUM headquarters staff HILARY CAVE recalls challenging police ...

Some, particularly in Nottinghamshire (the most productive area), never voted to strike; miners there complained ... and building up a powerful police presence: officers were mobilised from ...

Amanda McKay's family were told by police to leave their home during ... how her family faced kidnap threats during the 1984 miners' strike. Amanda McKay's father, Ted McKay, represented miners ...

New edition of a book first produced in the aftermath of the strike looks back 40 years to consider the dispute and its ...

HISTORY was made 40 years ago when the tumultuous, year-long miners’ strike - where thousands of workers downed to... Local ...

The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to download the Adobe Flash player. The dispute ...

It has been four decades since the beginning of the 1984-1985 Miners’ Strike, which only lasted one year but made a significant impact for decades to come. The strikes were held by the National Union ...

Eventually, the McKay family were advised by police to leave their home because ... "Without a doubt, the miners' strike is the crucible moment of my life," said Price. "I was out in the streets ...