I Was There

Paula Richards, Bridgend

"It was alright to have nothing, if everyone else had nothing too."

Paula's digital story is about her childhood as a daughter of a striking miner in 1984.

"While all the negative publicity surrounded the strike, for me, I loved the feeling of being part of something bigger, meeting people from all over the world, surviving on very little - we used our imaginations more. From this I definitely developed an ingrained sense of community, which has been unmatched since. My parents were totally committed to the cause which probably coloured my view. My mother was part of the women's group who helped raise funds and my father was generally at the front line of any picketing"