The Miners' Strike
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Banding: Love, Spit and Valve Oil. What’s the allure of brass? Audio, 28 minutes
Martin Green examines the complex associations we have with brass banding.
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- Posted10 February 2022
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- Posted4 December 2021
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- Posted28 October 2021
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- Posted25 September 2021
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- Posted2 June 2021
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- Posted2 February 2021
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- Posted28 October 2020
Eye of the Storm. Anne Scargill. Audio, 23 minutes
Anne Scargill shares her memories of the miners’ strike of 1984-5.
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Jock Purdon, the Miners' Poet. Audio, 28 minutes
Billy Bragg tells the story of Jock Purdon and the history of songwriting about mining.
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The Reunion. The Miners' Strike. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor brings together some of those involved in the miners' strike of 1984-5.
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Network UK. 'New Realism' and the TUC Conference. Audio, 12 minutes
A preview of The Trades Union Congress in Blackpool, UK and the mood of 'new realism'
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Network UK. Miners' Wives. Audio, 12 minutes
How miners' wives in Britain were changed by the bitter miners' strike of 1984-1985
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Network UK. Miners' Strike Ends. Audio, 12 minutes
'They're going back with their heart in their hand, their chin in their chest'
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Network UK. Miners' Strike. Audio, 14 minutes
How solid is the miners strike as it enters it's 6th month?
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Network UK. Police and the Community. Audio, 12 minutes
How the miners' strike is developing into a conflict with the police
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Network UK. The Miners. Audio, 13 minutes
'Miner has been fighting miner on the picket line'
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