Remembering David Jones & Joe Green who paid the ultimate price in defence of their Union, Jobs & Communities #minersstrike1984
Kate Flannery & John Dunn laying the #OTJC wreath

40 years on from he 1984/85 miners' strike, and former Maerdy miners march again with their heads held high.

photo: ©Roger Tiley 2025 all rights reserved

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Miner's daughter. She proudly talks to me about her dad and the pit. 'The good old days.'

photo: ©Roger Tiley all rights reserved

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The 📺 I’ve enjoyed in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣
01 #Breathtaking
02 #SambreAnatomyOfCrime
03 #Ripley
04 #MrBatesVsThePostOffice
05 #TheDry
06 #RaceAcrossTheWorld
07 #SlowHorses
08 #OneDay
09 #MinersStrike1984
10 #FreddieFlintoffsFieldOfDreamsOnTour

#Thestarbeckorion Issue #2 #MinersStrike1984 special edition
You have until midnight tonight, UK time to contribute
3 poems/shortprose/artworks/hybrid. Closing date 7th April. Please send to thestarbeckorion@gmail.com
Artwork by Stephen Hamilton:

Women standing up for mining communities, forty years on The 40th anniversary of the 1984-85 miners' strike was commemorated in Durham, as Women Against Pit Closures celebrated the pivotal role women played in sustaining mining communities during the strugg...

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Revolution ✊

I've met the King of China and a working Yorkshire miner
But I've never met a nice South African.

B Side to Spitting Images 'The Chicken Song'

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"There is no time limit on justice,” Burnham wrote. “Hillsborough showed that a form of justice can still be served, even if the injustice happened decades ago.”

#MinersStrike1984 for those too young or too distant from these events this 3 episode documentary on C4 will be an eye opener. For anyone still doubting we are in a fascist police state in plain sight this should be essential viewing.

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This is all so very sad for everyone

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It was 2015 and FC United were playing at Curzon Ashton. We were leaving quietly after the game but we're allowed to just cut across the pitch. There was a copper stood there to stop people going too far into the pitch.