1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike - Wikipedia
WEBThe 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent closures of pits that the government deemed "uneconomic" in the coal industry, which had been nationalised in 1947.
Miners' strike 1984: Why UK miners walked out and how it ended
WEBThe miners' strike of 1984-85 was a defining moment in the history of British coal mining and the biggest industrial dispute in post-war Britain. It pitted thousands of miners and their...
The Miners’ Strike Of 1984-85: What Happened & Why?
WEBJun 21, 2022 · The miners’ strike of 1984-85 was the longest and most acrimonious industrial dispute in Britain’s modern history. But it was more than that: to the communities involved, from Scotland and South Wales to Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, it often felt like an undeclared civil war, pitting village against village, family against family – even ...
The Miners’ Strike of 1984-5: an oral history
WEBThe strike was the miners’ main weapon, and immediately provoked confrontation with employers, who were also ready to use the lockout to break miners’ resistance. Flying pickets like military detachments were organised to force out miners at other pits.
'I refuse to call it a defeat' - 1984 miners' strike oral history - BBC
WEBIn June 1984, thousands of miners from across Britain picketed at Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire in a bid to stop lorries delivering coal and collecting coke for Scunthorpe power...
Miners' strike 1984: Divided miners meet 40 years after bitter strike …
WEBMar 6, 2024 · Two mineworkers from opposite sides of the biggest industrial dispute in post-war Britain have met for the first time. Ian Pyatt, who worked in Derbyshire, went on strike in March 1984...
How the miners’ strike of 1984-85 changed Britain for ever
WEBJun 16, 2014 · How the miners’ strike of 1984-85 changed Britain for ever. Thirty years later questions still haunt many of those who took part. Could the outcome have been different?
Backbone of the Nation — the miners’ strike that divided Britain
WEBSep 14, 2023 · In March 1984, when word got out that the National Coal Board was again planning to close 20 mines — in reality, a fraction of the closures signed off by Downing Street — miners walked out of...
The real story of the miners’ strike in five questions - Financial Times
WEBJan 3, 2014 · During much of 1984, Britain was hit by some of the worst industrial action the country has ever seen, as the National Union of Mineworkers downed tools and upped pickets to resist planned cuts...
The Miners' Strike - BBC News
WEBJul 12, 2024 · Why the 1984 miners' strike began and how it ended. Thousands of miners were locked in a bitter dispute with Margaret Thatcher's government. Miners' Strike: A Frontline Story. The Miners'...
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