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Coal Strike, Great Britain, 1984-1985

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Bradley Documents

 Fonds
Reference code: 248
Scope and Contents The collection consists of documents relating to the Great Strike of 1984-1985, collected by Andre and Phyllis Bradley. It includes newspaper cuttings, posters, pamphlets, photographs and correspondence, as well as working papers from specific mines, minutes, leaflets and conference reports. The majority of the documents date from the 1970s to the 1990s but there are some older documents from the nineteenth century. For further details of this collection please see the finding...
Dates: 1865 - 1995

Feickert Documents

 Fonds
Reference code: 202
Scope and Contents Documents relating to the work of Dave Feickert, former National Union of Mineworkers research officer 1983-1993.The collection consists of documents and working papers covering the period of the Great Strike (1984-85) and the subsequent privatisation and decline of the coal industry. It includes correspondence, newspaper and journal articles, and material published during the strike period. It also includes documents relating to clean coal technology, health and safety issues and...
Dates: 1972 - 2004

Glyn Documents

 Fonds
Reference code: 284
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of over 100 reports, both published and unpublished, relating to the UK coal industry during the years of the Great Strike (1984/1985) and the programme of pit closures which followed it. The reports are concerned with national matters and also with the viability of individual pits.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid/box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1960 - 1995

Reflections on the 1984/5 Miners Strike by Leslie T. Sutton, 1992

 Item — Box Arthur Markham Box 2: Series 268/25; Series 268/26; Series 268/27; Series 268/28; Series 268/29
Reference code: 268/28/5
Scope and Contents

'Reflections on the 1984/5 Miners Strike' by Leslie T. Sutton won an Award in 1992. The author reflects on the Miners Strike and the consequences of it. He condemns the response of the police, and praises Arthur Scargill's leadership throughout the strike, as well as the 'ordinary men and women' who provided money and food for striking miners.

Dates: 1992