Picket line at Hem Heath Colliery, Trentham

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Date:March 1984

Description:During the 1984/1985 miner's strike some miners continued to work and faced crossing the picket lines every day. Workers had to face their collegues who were striking, and therefore not receiving a wage, and confrontations sometimes arose.
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Trade Unions Strikes & Demonstrations Pressure & Protest Groups Political Organisations Police Officers Mining & Quarrying

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