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Causes of the miners' strike 1984-1985
Exploration of memories of the causes of the coal miners' strike of 1984-1985, focusing on the fear of unemployment, loss of community and loss of a way of life, as understood in Blaengarw at the top of the Garw valley in south Wales, and how events of the strike affected the community at the time.
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