Bristol Miners Support Campaign Archive - Bristol Radical History Group

40 years on from the miners’ strike, there have been many events to mark its significance and to remind the labour movement of the importance of solidarity in the long fight for social and economic justice. The Bristol Radical History Group are collecting documents and other materials relating to the Bristol Miners Support Campaign. We are now appealing to you for any contributions you can add to this collection, which will be deposited in Bristol Archives in B Bond Warehouse (Create Centre). It will be open to the public and to future historians.

Appeal

Please turn out your drawers and cupboards for anything you might still have, or that has come to you from older members of your family. If you find anything that you would like to add to the Bristol Miners Support Campaign Archive please get in touch.

Stuff linked to this project...

Events

Bristol Miners Support Campaign – 1984-85

The 1984/85 miners strike was arguably the most significant labour dispute in British history. Before the strike began, Arthur Scargill (President of the 200,000 strong National Union of Mineworkers) told his members and anybody else who would […] Read More =>

‘Returning the favour’

During the strike, in response to the horrific images of miners and their supporters being battered by the police, donations of cash were received from around the world, More money was raised in Ireland per head of population than anywhere else, […] Read More =>

Blog

Bristol Miners Support Campaign Archive: Appeal for Artefacts

Looking back to the Miners’ Strike and the Bristol Miners Support Group In March 1984 the publicly owned National Coal Board provoked Britain’s miners into a year-long strike by announcing the closure of twenty of Britain’s 173 coal mines. The strike […] Read More =>