Miners Strike
@Miners_Strike
Daily history of the Miners' Strike 1984-5.
“I say to the people of Britain, if you stand aside while miners are beaten to the ground by a paramilitary police force in riot gear, what they do to us today - they’ll do to you tomorrow” #OnThisDay 1984. Arthur Scargill speaks about Orgreave
“The people of Britain are being battered by a bombardment of mindless abuse from Mrs Thatcher and the gang of craven yes-men who form her cabinet.” #OnThisDay 1984. Gerald Kaufman, shadow Home Secretary
#OnThisDay 1984. Margaret Thatcher describes striking miners as the ‘enemy within’ “In the Falklands we had to fight the enemy without. Here the enemy is within - and it’s much more difficult to fight but just as dangerous to liberty.”
#OnThisDay 1984. The first national conference of Women Against Pit Closures is held at Northern College.
If just one “copper” gets charged out of this new public inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave, it needs to be this one Shame on him
The miners’ strike ended 40 yrs ago. Pictured is our bucket collection & protest at the 1984 #SussexGrad ceremony. The photo includes a mixture of student union & Kent NUM activists who all backed the Great Strike. Congratulations to today’s Sussex Uni grads. @Miners_Strike 1/4
#OnThisDay 1978. Miners leave Adventure Colliery in West Rainton for the final time. The last shift marked an end to an era which stretched back to 1817 when production first started.
Orgreave inquiry set to finally take place 👇 theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
#OnThisDay 1984. Hundreds of dockers return to work as the national dock strike comes to an end. The dock strike, lasting two weeks, was sparked when British Steel used unregistered labour to unload ‘blacked’ iron ore at Immingham dock.
The days in 84/85 miners strike where I stood and fought for my communities ✊ @Miners_Strike @BElliottAuthor @NatMiningMuseum
Still the very best book on it, and much much more...Seumas Milne, Verso 2014 updated 👍 And I was there in S Wales for the 72, 74 and 84-5 strikes.
Police destruction of Orgreave papers - Archives & Records Association call for police documents to be preserved by law “There needs to be legislation to protect them, & prevent the kind of destruction that has happened in Northumbria.” #OrgreaveInquiry theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
#OnThisDay 1984. Peace talks to end the #MinersStrike collapsed after 12 hours of negotiations. The fundamental issue of the talks - the grounds on which pits could be closed - was ultimately not be agreed by either side.
Like many a Londoner , my family were Dockers . It’s about what’s doing right. You’re either born with principles or you’re not .
#OnThisDay 1984. The national dock strike continues into its second week after peace talks fail. The dispute started when British Steel used non-registered labour to move iron ore for Scunthorpe steelworks. The ore had been ‘blacked’ by dockers in support of the #MinersStrike
#OnThisDay 1984. The national dock strike continues into its second week after peace talks fail. The dispute started when British Steel used non-registered labour to move iron ore for Scunthorpe steelworks. The ore had been ‘blacked’ by dockers in support of the #MinersStrike