In 1984 the miners' strike threw coal-mining areas across ... The benefit shows that happened across South Wales, not just in Newport, saw hundreds of artists and bands support the cause, putting ...
"Without a doubt, the miners' strike is the crucible moment of my life," said Price ... "They saw us, people from south Wales, almost like royalty because we were fighting [Margaret] Thatcher and we ...
Twenty-five years ago, the benefit shows that happened across South Wales saw hundreds of artists and bands step up and support the miners' cause ... the course of the strike in '84-'85.
A South Wales event will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the miners' strike. The strike, involving 30,000 miners from more than 20 pits, ended on March 3, 1985. The National Union of ...
A document produced in 1912 by the South Wales Miners Federation, which was one of the high points of syndicalist organising in the UK.
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 ...
The South Wales Striking Miners’ choir and rugby team both had ... This extract was taken from p109-118 of History on our Side: Wales and the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike by Hywel Francis. You can’t buy a ...
A community came together to mark the anniversary of a huge miners' strike in the Rhondda. Pupils from Maerdy Community Primary School were joined by other schools, members of the community as ...
The end of the miners' strike 40 years ago and a well-known Welsh ... it alive out of respect for how they have left their mark on Wales." A fashion show in an old chapel with music that does ...
In 1984 the miners' strike threw coal-mining areas across ... The benefit shows that happened across South Wales, not just in Newport, saw hundreds of artists and bands support the cause, putting ...
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