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Thatcher’s brutal war on miners should be taught in our schools
Forget history lessons about kings and generals, this is the stuff our children should never forget
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Ex-miner gives honest verdict on if strike that shocked the nation was worth it
Former mineworker Steve Tulley told the Mirror about his experiences during the Miners' Strike forty years on - and has reflected on whether the era-defining industrial action was 'worth it'
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Police accused of 'waiting for miners to die' as strike files remain concealed
Many picketing miners think South Yorkshire Police orchestrated the violence at the coking plant near Rotherham on June 18, 1984 and have been campaigning to have the police files made available
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Heartbreaking Miners' Strike memories from eating squirrels to sinister calls
On the 40th anniversary of the mining strikes, the strikers and those branded 'scabs' are telling their stories at the National Coal Mining Museum and revealing horrifying tales
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Inside Battle of Orgreave - savage beatings, maiming and police lies
There is fresh hope of justice for the many strikers who ended up in the bloody Battle of Orgreave during the 1984 Miners' Strike, after some have shared their stories of mental and physical suffering in a new Channel 4 series
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Horrific new footage of Battle of Orgreave emerges 40 years after Miners' Strike
Channel 4’s three-part series also includes miners speaking on camera for the first time after suffering physical and mental scars at the Battle of Orgreave during the 1984 Miners’ Strike
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'Brutalised' miners hope Queen's Orgreave horror will help finally get justice
Kevin Horne, now 74, was one of 95 miners arrested at the Battle of Orgreave on June 18, 1984, the most violent clash between pickets and police during the Miners’ Strike