The Miners’ Strike Silver Jubilee In Pictures
IT’S 25 years since the miners’ strike. A silver jubilee. But no celebrations.
Your writer has been reading David Peace’s GB84 a gaunt “fiction, based on fact”. The truth was worse. It always is.
In the Forums, Yampster looks back. But before that, the memories:
Massive police presence greets pickets as they arrive on the hill heading to the Orgreave Coking Plant near Rotherham during the miners disputes.
Posted: 31st, July 2009 | In: Key Posts, Media Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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