Miners strike - Silver Birch interview
- Title
- Miners strike - Silver Birch interview
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Sep 1984
- Year of production
- 1984
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- Duration
- 00:02:47
- Description
- Interview with Nottinghamshire miner Chris Butcher (also known as Silver Birch), on the declaration of the miners’ strike as unlawful, his seeking a return to work by miners and the violence and intimidation on the picket lines. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Chris Butcher
- Keywords
- Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Police; Violence; Coal industry; Coal miners; Ballots; Legal decisions; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Strikes (events)
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LBC/IRN, "Miners strike - Silver Birch interview". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0009700264017 (Accessed 13 May 2025)