For our 5th and final blog this week, we have ‘From A Rock to a Hard Place: Memories of the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike’ by Beverley Trounce. This leads us nicely into our final theme, centred around women’s involvement in the strike, and their role in the community and on the
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Women Writers of the Mining Community (4)
Leading us into our fourth and final theme, around Women of the Miners’ Strike of 1984-85 is ‘Norma Dolby’s Diary.’ Sorting out food supplies, soup kitchens and touring the country to drum up support became second nature to Norma Dolby during the miners’ strike. She was a pivotal person in
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