Mardy Colliery return to work at end of miners strike
- Title
- Mardy Colliery return to work at end of miners strike
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Music
- TX Date
- 5 Mar 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:03:55
- 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, applause and views from miners returning to work, who speak in support of reinstating those dismissed during the dispute, and with Megan Webster of the miners women support group. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Megan Webster
- Keywords
- Politics; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; NUM; Wales; Coal miners; Coal mines; 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/0003200136020 (Accessed 16 Jun 2025)