Record

Ref NoSWCC/PHO/DIS/106
TitleDisputes of 1984-1985: photographs taken during 1984-1985 strike
DescriptionThe photographs include:
- scenes of demonstrations in which women, children and miners are involved. Includes-
- Margaret Thatcher at the Conservative Party Conference
- Arthur Scargill at the Miners rally in Treorchy and at the TUC Confernce in Brighton
- Scenes of violence at Orgreave Coking plant
- Pickets at Port Talbot Steel Works and at Marine Colliery
- Striking miners picking coal from the tips
- Miners wives preparing food packages
Date1984-1985
SubjectCoal mining
Disputes
Soup kitchens
Food
Steel industry
Collieries
Strikes
Women
Police
Strike pay
Children
Pickets
Physical DescriptionBlack and white reprints
Place_CodeANW/PLACE/1816
ANW/PLACE/31
ANW/PLACE/658
ANW/PLACE/993
ANW/PLACE/654
Extent57 photographs [296mm x 210mm(23); 267mm x 195mm(1); 296mm x 210mm(33)]

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CodePersonNameDates
ANW/PERS/869Thatcher; Lady; Margaret
CN859Maerdy Womens Support Group
ANW/CORP/3256Welbeck Galleries (Wales); active 1912-1943active 1912-1943
ANW/CORP/9692(Wales); Conservative Party
CN891Marine Colliery
Places
CodeSet
ANW/PLACE/1816Maerdy/Rhondda Cynon Taff/ Wales
ANW/PLACE/31Cardiff/Wales
ANW/PLACE/658Pontypridd/Wales
ANW/PLACE/993Port Talbot/Wales
ANW/PLACE/654Mountain Ash/Wales
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