Miners strike 1984 Photograph. [92].

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Varley, John, photographer.

Mirrorpix, owner.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Coal Strike, Great Britain, 1984-1985.

England--Rotherham.

National Union of Mineworkers.

Genre:

Photographs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 photograph).

Production:

[Yorkshire] : Daily Mirror, John Varley, 1984.

Summary:

Archival caption: Miners Strike 1984 - 1985, Pictured, mounted police and striking miners at the Orgreave coking plant near Sheffield, Yorkshire, Friday 1st June 1984. On 6th March 1984, the National Coal Board announced that the agreement reached after the 1974 strike had become obsolete, and that to rationalise government subsidisation of industry they intended to close 20 coal mines, with a loss of 20,000 jobs, and many communities in the North of England as well as Scotland. On 12th March 1984, Arthur Scargill, president of the NUM, declared that strikes in the various coal fields were to be a national strike and called for strike action from NUM members in all coal fields. On 22nd March that the strike was official. The strike ended on 3 March 1985, nearly a year after it had begun.

Notes:

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Reference: 01278772.