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http://www.dickgaughan.co.uk/songs/texts/ballad84.html
Lyric for Dick Gaughan's song written at the end of the strike for the Lothian Victimised Miners.
http://www.users.ic24.net/~terrynorm/Justice/
Campaigns to keep the issue alive of the sacked and victimised miners from the 1984/85 miners strike; includes a history of the strike, and account of the women's support movement, chronology, listing of pit closures, and newsletters.
http://www.llgc.org.uk/ymgyrchu/Llafur/index-e.htm
Accounts of the Penrhyn Quarry Strikes, the General Strike, and the Miners' Strikes of 1972, 1974, and 1984 in Wales. [The National Library of Wales]
http://www.minersadvice.co.uk/reviews_%20queen_coal.htm
A review of Triona Holden's book about the impact of the strike on women, and their participation as activists.
http://www.strike84.co.uk/
A collection of photos taken during the strike in 1984-5, by Martin Shakeshaft
https://www.artangel.org.uk/project/the-battle-of-orgreave/
A description of Jeremy Deller's filmed re-enactment of the event for Channel 4.
http://www.fifthinternational.org/content/great-miners%E2%80%99-strike-1984-85
History and analysis of the Miners' strike, the problems in tactics and strategy, and an argument as to how the strike could have been won by the Miners.
http://www.num.org.uk/?p=history&c=num&h=13
An account of the strike, from the National Union of Mineworkers' history section.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3534415.stm
The story of the 1984/5 miners' strike, told using audio and images from BBC News archives.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2004/miners_strike/default.stm
BBC News in-depth section, reviewing the impact of the miners's strike 20 years later.
http://www.unionhistory.info/timeline/1960_2000_Narr_Display_2.php?Where=NarTitle+contains+'The+1984-85+Miners+Strike'+
Brief overview of the strike in the context of British Trade Union history. Includes links to photos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners'_strike_(1984-1985)
Wikipedia article on the strike, with hyperlinks to other resources.
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