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The General Strike
In May 1926 workers across Britain went on strike in support of coal miners.
Hear the memories of Hetty Bower, a left-wing Londoner who helped the strikers.
Photo: Armoured cars protect a food convoy in London during the strike. Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
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