Last updated: 15 Apr 2009 08:50
Miners strike - an alternative view
SCOTLAND'S only Conservative Party MP, David Mundell, talks to the Chronicle about the impact the Miner's Strike had on communities as part of our look back on that...
Last updated: 15 Apr 2009 12:48
25 Years since the Miners" Strike
Sandra Osborne MP looks back
Last updated: 18 Dec 2008 15:18
THE LEGACY OF THE MINERS' STRIKE
Despite the strong local support, the marches, the rallies, the pickets, the soup kitchens and the sit-ins, the miners strike ended one year after it began. It led to the dismantling...
Last updated: 18 Dec 2008 15:19
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE - The Police's Story
DESPITE the friendships which were made during the year, there were many that were destroyed.
Last updated: 18 Dec 2008 15:20
COMING OUT FIGHTING - The women who helped shape the Miner's Strike
THE true mark of a person emerges in a time of great struggle; they can find the courage to walk a terrifying path, the strength to do what needs to be done and the integrity...
Last updated: 18 Dec 2008 15:25
MINERS STRIKE REMEMBERED
AS Christmas approached additional pressures were soon put upon striking families. Rent arrears, although a concern, had been alleviated by Strathclyde Regional Council who vowed...
Last updated: 18 Dec 2008 15:26
READY FOR A BATTLE - THE MINERS STRIKE PART TWO
Friday March 9, 1984 unleashed the most turbulent, bitter and controversial labour dispute the area had seen since the war.
Last updated: 18 Dec 2008 15:29
THE MINERS' STRIKE REMEMBERED
DEEP mining wasn"t just a job - it was a way of life; a bond, as rich as the mountains of black gold that lay firmly beneath the earth, that intrinsically linked nearly every...