The Miners' Strike 1984-5

We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

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4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The longest industrial dispute in British history, as bitter division, violence and incredible hardship divided the country, while John did his bit, by wearing a 'Coal Not Dole' sticker on his anorak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to We Are History. I'm John O'Farrell.
0:08.6	I'm Angela Barnes.
0:09.9	And what are we talking about today, Angela?
0:11.7	We are talking about the minor strike, John.
0:14.2	Oh my God.
0:14.9	I know.
0:15.4	Right for comedy.
0:16.5	Even funnier than the Spanish Civil War.
0:19.3	That's what they say about it.
0:21.8	Oh God.
0:22.3	Well, this is one of those stories where I talk about all the things I was doing and you're
0:27.7	going, I was seven.
0:28.7	Seven.
0:29.1	I was a kid.
0:30.1	I was seven.
0:30.5	I had my seventh birthday in the middle of it.
0:33.2	So I think I was six when it, when did it start 84?
0:36.2	March 84, yeah.
0:37.3	Yeah.
0:39.9	So I turned seven when it, when did it start 84? March 84, yeah. Yeah, so I turned seven in November 80.
0:41.0	No, I didn't, that's a lie.
0:42.3	I turned 8 in November 84. We're all right.
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