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Local Radio,02 Mar 2024,15 mins

SeriesLeicestershire

2. The Choice

The Miners' Strike: 40 years on

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Faced with calls to leave it alone, Jo Bostock finds out more about the history of mining in Coalville. Former BBC journalist Jo Healey remembers covering the strikes in the town and University of Leicester professor Tor Clark explains why the lack of a national ballot was such a sticking point in Leicestershire.

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