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Miners’ Strike anniversary project under way Jul 10 2009

MEMORIES and mementos are being gathered in a major project to mark the 25th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike.Read

Kev I'Anson marks miners' strike anniversary with tattoo Mar 15 2009

A DIEHARD trade unionist has marked the 25th anniversary of the miners’ strike by having his local pit tattooed on his back.Read

Sid Waddell has bittersweet memories of pit life Mar 13 2009

IT’S hard to imagine it, but darts commentator Sid Waddell’s North East accent becomes even more pronounced when he talks about his mining roots and his pride in his parents.Read

Miners strike a chord with audiences Mar 08 2009

THE miners’ strike was seen as a working class struggle against the powers-that-be in the affluent South.Read

Catching up with the girl caught up in the strike Mar 07 2009

AT THE age six she was unaware of the enormity of what was happening around her.Read

How regime tried to use strike data Mar 07 2009

SECRETS of the miners’ strike were unveiled by the Chronicle. Papers released by the Home Office told of clashes between the police, Government and striking workers. Read

Labour MPs attack Norman Tebbit over Miners' Strike Mar 06 2009

LABOUR MPs yesterday attacked Norman Tebbit over the 1984 miners’ strike after he expressed regret for damage caused but blamed the NUM.Read

Pictures reveal the hardship of miners' strike Mar 06 2009

IT ripped lives apart, divided communities and nearly crippled the economy. The miners’ strike saw the Thatcher Government take on the National Union of Mineworkers and the strike became one of the greatest trade union struggles since the 1926 General Strike.Read

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Miners' strike 25 years on: Norman Tebbit has regrets, but blames Scargill Mar 05 2009

NORMAN Tebbit yesterday said he regretted the damage caused to the North East by the miners’ strike but blamed Arthur Scargill and the NUM.Read

Anniversary of historic time for the nation Mar 05 2009

THE miners’ strike began to gather pace when workers at Cortonwood Colliery in Yorkshire walked out in protest at pit closures on March 5, 1984. Read

Women at war Mar 05 2009

MAUREEN Potts candidly admits that before the strike the place of the wives of miners was traditionally in the home raising the family and putting meals on the table.Read

Pictures of Miners' Strikes reveal struggle for a way of life Mar 04 2009

IT is an event that has become a part of post-war history, an event that changed the political, economic and physical landscape of Britain.Read

Mining heritage strikes a chord with colliery band Mar 04 2009

THEY had their hearts ripped out with the closure of the pits. But the old spirit of mining communities is being kept alive with some of the region’s remaining colliery bands. Read

MPs recall turbulent times on picket lines Mar 03 2009

FORMER pitman Ronnie Campbell was arrested twice during the Miners’ Strike – but said that was not something to be ashamed of.Read

School digging deep into mining history Mar 03 2009

THE miners’ strike may have happened 25 years ago but its effects are still being felt in our region today.Read

25 years on, the wounds won't heal Mar 02 2009

TWENTY five years ago, miners in the North East joined a national strike over pit closures in what became one of the bitterest industrial disputes of recent times.Read

The miners' strike - 25 years on Mar 01 2009

ONE of the greatest industrial disputes this country has ever known started 25 years ago this month. It became an idealogical struggle between Margaret Thatcher’s Tory Government and the working class National Union of Mineworkers led by Arthur Scargill.Read

Map of closed pits Feb 27 2009

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