Mardy Colliery return to work at end of miners strike
- Title
- Mardy Colliery return to work at end of miners strike
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Music
- TX Date
- 5 Mar 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:01:44
- Description
- Report on the return to work at Mardy Colliery in the Rhondda valley, Wales at the end of the miners’ strike. Includes brass band music as miners return; views from returning miners, who speak in support of reinstating those dismissed during the dispute. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- None Identified
- Keywords
- Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; NUM; Wales; Coal miners; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Dismissal from employment; Mardy Colliery; Brass band music; Strikes (events)
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LBC/IRN, "Mardy Colliery return to work at end of miners strike". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0003200136012 (Accessed 26 Apr 2025)