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Mining Strikes

Miners' Gala in Barnsley during the 1984/5 strike
Miners' Gala in Barnsley during the 1984/5 strike
© National Coal Mining Museum for England (Photo: S. Basten)
Many people say that they have not seen solidarity on such a scale before or after the 1984/5 strike. People from different backgrounds came together to help mining communities, not only by providing them with money, clothes and food, but also in the form of support on mass pickets, rallies, galas and marches.
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