Banner, Miners Support

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

22386

Title

Banner, Miners Support

Description

White cotton banner with screen printed design
on one side. EDINBURGH TRADES
COUNCIL MINERS SUPPORT COMMITTEE;on the left, pit winding gear. In hand drawn letters, NO VICTIMISATION; signed STEVE up the left hand side

Date

1984

Size

H164cm xW200cm

Type

Banner

Location

The People's Story

Accession number

HH5795/98

Made for use during the 1984-5 Miners' Strike, by the Edinburgh Trades Council, Miners' Support Committee. It was carried at picket lines and on marches and rallies.The members of the National Union of Mineworkers went on strike in 1984-5 against the government's programme of pit closures. The strike lasted nearly a year.

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People > Working Lives > Trade Unions