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The Mining Blog

‘Our Mam’ – A Tribute to Gwendoline Macleod

First of all, we would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who have read, liked and shared our blogs over the last 4 weeks. It has been incredible to share these stories and hear your stories too. Women have always played such an important role in
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Tags: community, history, miners strike, mining, story, tribute, women's history month and working class.

2 (WOMEN 1984-85) HEARTS & MINDS

For a little extra context on the Women’s Action Groups, more can be read here. Witham’s book was dedicated to the active women in Nottinghamshire, who were involved in the Miners’ Strike of 1984-85. On page 5 of the book, Witham sums up the Nottinghamshire women in a few lines:
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Tags: community, history, miners strike, mining, nottingham, women, women's history month and working class.

1 (WOMEN 1984-85) THE MINERS’ STRIKE

Welcome to our fourth and final theme of the month. The core source material for this week’s topic is from the book ‘Hearts & Minds’ by Joan Witham, which shares the names and stories of prominent women of the Miners’ Strike in Nottinghamshire. The book centres around local Women’s Action
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Tags: 80s, blog post, history, miners strike, nottingham, notts and women's history month.

Women Writers of the Mining Community (5)

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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Tags: books, history, miners strike, mining, nottingham, women writers, women's history month and working class.

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