Miners strike - Four people arrested in Woolwich

Title

Miners strike - Four people arrested in Woolwich

Genre

Interview

TX Date

30 Jun 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

Interview with three unidentified males who were arrested for vagrancy while collecting food for striking miners. Four people were arrested in Woolwich, south London, after handing out leaflets outside a shop asking people to buy food for miners. The food they had collected was confiscated. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

London; Strikes; Labour disputes; Police; Coal mining; Charity; Mining; Policing practice; Coal miners; Greenwich; Vagrancy; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Food; Woolwich; Arrests; Leaflets

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