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The "1984" episode of the 1996 BBC television drama serial Our Friends in the North revolves around the strike, and scenes of clashes between the police and strikers were re-created using many men who had taken part in the real-life events on the miners' side.
The Battle of Orgreave was a violent confrontation on 18 June 1984 between pickets and officers of the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and other police forces, including the Metropolitan Police, at a British Steel Corporation (BSC) coking plant at Orgreave, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. [1]
Miners, police, journalists and politicians tell the story of the strike which changed Britain.
Plaque at Gay's the Word celebrating Mark Ashton and LGSM. Three months into the strike, Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) was established by Communist Party of Great Britain activist Mark Ashton, Mike Jackson, and their friends, after they had collected donations for the miners at the 1984 Lesbian and Gay Pride march in London. [4]
For many women, the miners' strike of 1984 transformed their lives. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail ...
David James Wilkie (9 July 1949 – 30 November 1984) was a Welsh taxi driver who was killed during the miners' strike in the United Kingdom, when two striking miners dropped a concrete block from a footbridge onto his taxi whilst he was driving a strike-breaking miner to work. The attack caused a widespread revulsion at the extent of violence ...
1984 United Kingdom dock strikes, strikes by dockwokers in the United Kingdom, including a 10-day strike in July [37] and a 3-week strike in September, [38] in sympathy with the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike. [39] 1984 US military bases strike in Greece, 27-day strike by Greek workers at American military bases in Greece. [40] [41]
Kjell-Åke Andersson, who made a documentary on the 1984 miners' strike, returns to Wales.