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Remembering the miners' strike

12 October, 2010
  • 1984: Pickets clash with police at open cast mine near Lochgelly during the Miners' Strike.

Here's a picture from one of the bleaker parts of our local history - the miners' strike of 1984, courtesy of the Herald & Times archive.

It wasn't the happiest time for anyone, but there must be a wealth of stories out there about the strike itself but also about the people on the periphery, the families who struggled through one of the most bitterly-fought industrial disputes in UK history.

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