by David Hencke
picket-line violence ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
secondary picketing ref1, ref2, ref3
Pirani, Simon ref1
pit closure programmes
1950s ref1
after strike ref1, ref2
closure list ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Scargill’s call for withdrawal of ref1, ref2
colliery review procedure ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
during strike ref1
first without NUM approval ref1
under Labour government ref1
‘uneconomic pits’ as sticking point ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Pithers, Malcolm ref1
Plan for Coal ref1, ref2, ref3
pneumoconiosis ref1, ref2
police
alleged agents provocateurs ref1
behaviour of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
billeting ref1, ref2, ref3
costs of ref1, ref2, ref3
injuries to ref1
miners’ loathing of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
movement of ref1, ref2
National Reporting Centre (NRC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
pay, during strike ref1, ref2
powers of ref1
pre-strike preparations ref1, ref2, ref3
pro-active role ref1, ref2
protection of working miners ref1
riot police ref1, ref2
violence ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
poll tax ref1
Pollitt, Harry ref1, ref2, ref3
Polmaise colliery ref1
Potts, Paul ref1
Powell, Charles ref1, ref2
Powell, Enoch ref1, ref2
power stations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
print unions ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Prior, James ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
public sector strikes 1978–1979 ref1
Public Services International (PSI) ref1
Pym, Francis ref1, ref2
railwaymen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Ramelson, Bert ref7, ref8
Ravenscraig steelworks ref4
redundancies ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
redundancy packages ref1, ref2
Rees, George ref1, ref2
Rees, Peter ref1, ref2
Reidy, Michael ref1
Richardson, Henry ref1, ref2, ref3
Ridley, Nicholas ref1
Rimington, Stella ref1
Rodgers, Bill ref1
Routledge, Paul ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Royal Commission on mine safety ref1
sacked miners ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Saltley Gates, Battle of ref1, ref2
Sampey, Ken ref1, ref2, ref3
Samuel, Sir Herbert ref1, ref2
Samuel Report ref1, ref2
Sassoon, Siegfried ref1
scabs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Scanlon, Hugh ref1, ref2
Scargill, Anne ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Scargill, Arthur ref1,
abstains from casting vote ref1, ref2
arrests of ref1, ref2, ref3
believes NUM betrayed by TUC and other unions ref1, ref2, ref3
buys Treelands ref1, ref2
character of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
as Cook’s successor ref1, ref2
and David Jones’s death ref1
denial of picket-line violence ref1, ref2
early career of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
elected as NUM President ref1, ref2
forms Socialist Labour Party ref1
and Grunwick strike ref1, ref2
interviews with ref1, ref2, ref3
invincibility, belief in own ref1, ref2
journalists, relations with ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
on Kinnock ref1, ref2
legal action against ref1, ref2
and the Lightman Report ref1
miners’ respect for and trust in ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
on NACODS settlement ref1, ref2
‘no ballot’ position ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
NUM funds, alleged misuse of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
oratorical skil ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Orgreave, Battle of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
personal life ref1
on pit closure list ref1, ref2
political philosophy ref1, ref2, ref3
proposed prosecution for conspiracy ref1
refusal to compromise ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
relations with British Communist Party ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
on return to work without an agreement ref1, ref2
return-to-work march ref1
Saltley Gates, Battle of ref1, ref2
seat on TUC General Council ref1
strike donations, return of ref1
on strike as victory ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
and TUC
agrees to TUC-government negotiations ref1, ref2, ref3
criticism of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
rejection of help from ref1, ref2, ref3
rejects revised settlement proposal ref1, ref2, ref3
relations with Len Murray ref1
talks with ref1
union management style ref1, ref2
Walker’s press attack on ref1
Scargill, Margaret ref1, ref2, ref3
Scotland ref1, ref2
Scunthorpe steelworks ref1, ref2, ref3
Second World War ref1
Seifert, Michael ref1
Selby ref1
service industry sector ref1
Seymour, David ref1, ref2
Shaw, Giles ref1, ref2
Shayler, David ref1
Sheffield ref1, ref2, ref3
see also Orgreave, Battle of
Shinwell, Emanuel ref1, ref2
Siddall, Sir Norman ref1
Simon, Alain ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
Sirs, Bill ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Skinner, Dennis ref1
Smith, Herbert ref1
Smith, John ref1, ref2
Smith, Ned ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Snowdon colliery ref1
Soames, Lord ref1
social Conservatism ref1
Social Democratic Party ref1, ref2
social security benefits ref1, ref2
social security benefits, withdrawal of ref1, ref2
Socialist Labour Party ref1
Socialist Workers Party ref1, ref2, ref3
Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
soup kitchens ref1, ref2
South Wales ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
Soviet Union, support for strikes
during General Strike ref1, ref2
political risks of ref1, ref2, ref3
Spanton, Merrick ref1
Spencer, George ref1, ref2, ref3
Spencerism ref1, ref2
Spungin, Michael ref1
Stanley, Keith ref1
Stanley, Marilyn ref1
steel industry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Strachey, John ref1
Strelchenko (Soviet mining official) ref1, ref2
strike pay ref1
strikes, miners’
1921 ref1
1926 (General Strike) ref1, ref2, ref3
1936 ref1
1944 ref1
1969 ref1
1972 ref1
1974 ref1
1981 ref1
1984
see Great Strike for Jobs
2002 ref1
Sunday Times ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Taylor, Jack ref1, ref2, ref3
Teamsters ref1
Tebbit, Norman ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
critical of pit closure progamme ref1
and the dockers ref1, ref2
Terry, Sir George ref1
Thatcher, Margaret ref1
cabinet reshuffles ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
and Falkland Islands conflict ref1, ref2
forced out of office ref1
and Gorbachev ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
and miners’ strike
‘the enemy within’ ref1, ref2
memos to ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
and NACODS dispute ref1
official position on ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
preparations for and strategy during ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
secret Cabinet committee MISC57 ref1, ref2
TUC, meeting with ref1
monetarist policies ref1
political crises ref1, ref2
political philosophy ref1, ref2
political successes ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
public trust in ref1
relations with Heath ref1
social Conservatism ref1
Thomas, John Stradling ref1
Thomas, Terry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Thompson, Tommy ref1
Thorneycroft, Peter ref1, ref2
three-day week ref1
The Times ref1, ref2, ref3
Today programme, BBC Radio 4 ref1
Todd, Ron ref1, ref2
Trade Union Co-Ordinating Committee ref1
trade unions
alliances and mergers ref1, ref2
and Labour Party, links between ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
leaders, powers of ref1, ref2
left-wing militancy in ref1
membership numbers ref1, ref2
powers, diminished ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
support for miners’ strike ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
see also NUM; Trades Union Congress (TUC); Union of Democratic Mineworkers
Trades Union Congress (TUC)
annual conference, Brighton 1984 ref1
change of leadership ref1
and the General Strike ref1
loss of political influence ref1
and the minimum wage ref1
and NACODS settlement ref1, ref2
NUM’s demands of ref1, ref2
Scargill’s criticism of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Scargill’s rejection of help from ref1, ref2, ref3
split in ref1, ref2
talks with NCB ref1, ref2
talks with NUM ref1
and Thatcher, talks with ref1
and Walker, meeting with ref1
Trafalgar Square, NUM rally in ref1
Transport and General Workers’ Union (TGWU) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Treelands ref1, ref2
Triple Alliance ref1, ref2
Turnbull, Andrew ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
unemployment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM) ref1, ref2, ref3
establishment of ref1
legal status of ref1, ref2, ref3
NCB pay deal with ref1, ref2, ref3
NCB relations with ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Wakeham, John ref1, ref2, ref3
Walker, Peter ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
and ACAS intervention ref1
angered by Bishop of Durham’s support for miners ref1
attacks Scargill in the press ref1, ref2
briefs Thatcher ref1
chairs strategy groups ref1, ref2
character and abilities ref1, ref2
dealings with MacGregor ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
and electricity tariffs ref1
and energy-saving campaign ref1
on industrial correspondents ref1, ref2
and the IRA Brighton bombing ref1
and NACODS dispute ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
and NUM-NCB talks ref1, ref2
redundancy payments proposals ref1
Tory ‘wet’ ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
and TUC ref1, ref2, ref3
and TUC-Thatcher talks ref1, ref2
and the UDM ref1
Watters, Frank ref1, ref2
Weekes, Philip ref1, ref2
West, Norman ref1, ref2
Westland Helicopters ref1
Whelan, Charlie ref1
Whitelaw, Willie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Wilberforce, Lord ref1
Wilkie, David ref1
Williams, Emlyn ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Williams, Shirley ref1
Willis, Norman ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
at Aberavon miners’ rally ref1, ref2
speaks against picket-line violence ref1
tries to broker settlement ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
and TUC-Thatcher meeting ref1, ref2
Wilson, Harold ref1, ref2, ref3
Windsor, Roger ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
alleged MI5 plant ref1
alleged misuse of NUM funds ref1, ref2
Daily Mirror corruption story ref1, ref2
leaves NUM ref1, ref2
and Libyan financial aid ref1
and the Lightman Report ref1
meeting with Gaddafi ref1, ref2, ref3
and NUM-NCB talks ref1
Public Services International employee ref1
and Soviet financial assistance ref1
trusted by Scargill ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
turns against Scargill ref1, ref2, ref3
winter of discontent 1978–1979 ref1, ref2
Wivenhoe ref1
Women Against Pit Closures ref1
women, role in strike ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Wood, J.E. ref1
Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) ref1, ref2
Workers Weekly ref1
working hours ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) ref1
Worsborough ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
YomKippurwar ref1
Yorkshire ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Cortonwood ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
flying pickets from ref1, ref2, ref3
Orgreave, Battle of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Yorkshire Miner ref1
Young, David ref1, ref2
London during the 1926 general strike.
On our way, brothers – miners greet the announcement of the strike with optimism, March 1984.
Attacking the police vans carrying strike breakers.
Arrests of pickets were not done gently.
A wounded miner, Yorkshire.
Te Battle of Orgreave, 1984: ‘when you’ve got two tons of police horse ridden at you, you don’t hang around.’
Scargill and Mick McGahey acknowledge the applause during the 1984 Trades Union Congress. Behind Scargill, with beard and glasses, is Roger Windsor.
14 October 1984. Scargill with TUC General Secretary Norman Willis in London, fending of the media afer one of their increasingly difficult meetings.
At a 1984 Labour Party rally with Kinnock (far lef) trying to look cheerful as Scargill takes the applause. Besides Kinnock is Ron Todd, leader of Britain’s biggest trade union, the Transport and General Workers’.
Margaret Tatcher at the 1984 Conservative Party Conference, determined to defeat ‘the enemy within’.
Coal Board chief Ian Macgregor.
Striking miners manage to give their families a Christmas at a Yorkshire soup kitchen, 1984.
Yor
kshire: Women on the picket line.
Whittle miners’ wives support group take their turn at picket line duty.
NUM chief executive, and Scargill’s emissary to Colonel Gaddafi, Roger Windsor
Print union leader, Bill Keys, who nearly succeeded in brokering a deal.
Betteshanger Colliery in Kent, after a year on strike. The Kent miners are among the last to return to work following the calling off of the pit strike by the NUM on 11 March 1985.
A closed down mine, Durham 1987.
Winding gear broken up and recycled, 1989.