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1984 Miners Strike Letter 1
1984 Miners Strike Letter 1
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 17136
Letter sent to miners during the 1984 miners strike

Comment by: horace on 18th February 2011 at 13:23

Lions led by militant donkeys. They played straight into Maggies hands. There's only Arthur Scargill still in a job, and he made sure that was for life ! Sounds just like some Dictators we all know. Those Miners suffered long and hard and deserved more than Scargill got for them in the end !

Comment by: whups on 19th February 2011 at 14:32

you dont really think that mcgregor would have stuck to his word do you horace . he was deliberatly brought in by thatcher to decimate the industry like he did with the steel industry.

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