Scargill at last minutes of miners strike

Title

Scargill at last minutes of miners strike

Genre

Interview

TX Date

5 Mar 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:19

Description

Interview just before midnight on the last day of the miners’ strike with NUM President Arthur Scargill at Cortonwood Pit’s Alamo picket hut where the strike began. On the achievements of the dispute, including preventing the closure of Cortonwood and other threatened pits. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Yorkshire; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; Coal mines; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Mine closures; Strikes (events); Cortonwood Colliery

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