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The miners strike 1984

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MiceElf Thu 13-Mar-14 06:58:26

Oh yes, our borough was twinned with Easington and we formed very strong links. Had a number of miners' wives staying with us and we were very involved in the whole campaign.

Still feel bitter about the way Scargill ran the strike; with different leadership, change could have been managed and much anguish spared.

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maxdrans Thu 13-Mar-14 01:40:22

I was the wife of a police officer at that time with two children my husband was sent to man picket lines that his cousins and uncles were trying to cross very hard times for all very hard to understand if you did not live through it obviously my take being a policeman wife is not the norm

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Rosannie Thu 13-Mar-14 00:13:44

I've just watched a TV documentary about the miners strike with real people and very real women telling the real story of how hard that time was. I was a 31 year old mother of 4 children, a working class Lancashire lass but I cannot imagine how hard it must have been for those mothers. Are there any Grans who were part of that great chapter in British history?

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