The miners' strike was funded by the Soviet Union.

Stalinist Scargill began a fight he could not win, and in the process destroyed the NUM.

Coal mining should have been phased out during the 1960s. Stalinist Scargill destroyed the NUM by starting a fight he could not win.

Scab 🤬🤬🤬🤬

You can never trust politicians to tell the truth about anything

I know a soldier who stood with police undercover at orgreave

This is where people clash, yes it was sad that these family men was losing there job, yes it was a shame that the industry was shutting but the demand for coal had rapidly declined and most of the pits was costing way to much money to keep open when we didn't need them, plus people need to read into the history of pit closures and see that most pits was closed under labour and was still shutting under Blair

There are far too many scab sympathisers in this video!!! I bloody well can blame them scabbing you fools!

I was right

Thatcher spent her Christmas with Savile, and who buys ‘Newspapers’ nowadays? I also stopped paying the TV license 11 years ago. I haven’t filled the last 3 census forms in, I don’t vote, am not on the electoral register and never complete and return the council’s intelligence gathering questionnaire asking “who lives at this address?” And If I could avoid it, I wouldn’t pay council tax either. Fck the system.

My opinion of ‘The State’ and its helpers changed forever in 1984. Now, I hate the cops and wold never help at anytime, I never vote, I never fill in council rate “how many people live at you address” intelligence gathering questionnaires, nor have I filled in the government census for 12 years now, I will NOT EVER pay the BBC license scam and generally keep out of THEiR system. F’kem.

Interesting election result in 2019, I do wonder just how many of these ex-miners ended up voting for the Conservatives

The guy speaking about the Tories seeking revenge on the miners for 72 and 74 is dead right but then the miners sole purpose for striking in 74 was to bring down the government. Thatcher bided her time.

These people are the backbone of our country this is why even when labour have Corbyn I could never vote Tory

These people were the salt of the earth shame on the Tory party this is why I could never vote Tory strongly believe they don't understand that it's the working class that keeps our country great

The man that starts speaking at 4:39 got it spot on about Maggie Thatcher. She was buoyed up by the Falklands War and had a taste of blood on her lips after it that she needed quenched.

I am sorry for all the injustice you all had to go throw!

Read the Ridley Report.

Would do it again,

all them scabby basterds,fuck you all

everyone says its been 30 years since the strike forget about.tell people war to forget it.NEVER NEVER NEVER.not aslong as i live

Yep the Conservatives have a lot to answer for. We now import coal and just look how much our power bills have gone up, they have even sold off our Nuclear power stations to the French "EDF", just to make quick money! Bring on the revolution. Why have we not had one yet? WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE?? The next big hit by this Coalition Goverment, Conservative run!! is the NHS, they intend to make it all "PRIVATE". What manufacturing do we have in the UK? BRITISH OWNED???? It was all one big sell out in the 1980s and it's still going on.

In 1979 the pig-class revolted. They used their money & propaganda press to install a government to overthrow the people. Privatise, deregulate, abolish all financial and currency controls, destroy all public services and assets built by the people for the people. Its still going on. They destroyed a nation and built a squalid racket for their own class. They created a wasteland infested with packs of crazed diseased rats fighting over the contents of a burst bin-bag ! Oh! Were grateful for all the food banks tho ! FOOD BANKS ! Britain 2014 !

May thatcher rot in hell

Martian.

So glad we closed the mines.

i took alot of photos of the strike in Lancs please get in touch

dont use Shearing Coaches

I'm currently making a drama set during the strikes for a University project, and I'm hoping to include some archive footage in it. I wondered if you'd be able to tell me where you got yours, as I think it's fascinating.

You have Maggie to thank for all that,as do we all.Stupid,nearsighted,greedy bitch.

Its good for people to have had their views and opinions of such an historic strike to be captured for people to listen to in the future.

Grimebridge was actualy closed twice under private ownership 90-92 then worked with 6 men till final closure summer 96, but the context of this video is the demise of a NATIONAL industry not private mines whos contribution is/was minimal. Thatcher said ALL the pits where unprofitable then why is it some of the ex NCB collieries continued in private ownership untill this past few years and the fact we still have 4 deep mines and 4 surface mines being worked by uk coal.....

Parkside wasn't the last pit in lancashire at all. Grimebridge worked on until 96 and Hill Top opened a year later. The coal board and British coal were not the be all and end all of coal mining. Lancashire had it's fare share of private coal mines