A story for Gala day: Film tells how Durham stood defiant through 1984-85 strike
A POWERFUL, hugely emotional film telling the stories of people swept up by the vicious whirlwind of the Miners’ Strike 40 years ago received its premiere last weekend at Redhills, the pitman’s…
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