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The Miners' Strike: 40 years on Episodes

    Surviving the strike

    Hard-working families faced new poverty in confusing times for the community.

    5. Home from home - the spirit of ThurnscoeSouth Yorkshire

    A soup kitchen set up during the strike has helped support over 150 families.

    4. Legacy and lossSouth Yorkshire

    Former Goldthorpe Colliery miner Terry Cadwallander reflects on his life underground.

    3. Community championsSouth Yorkshire

    Former miner John Hays discusses the work of the Goldthorpe Development Group.

    2. The straight and narrowSouth Yorkshire

    Exploring the opportunities for young people when the pits closed.

    1. The iron ladiesSouth Yorkshire

    Aggie Curry fought on the picket lines alongside her husband at Markham Main Colliery.

    7. Black to GreenLeicestershire

    Jo Bostock explores ways of healing for her hometown Coalville.

    6. Battle WoundsLeicestershire

    Meeting the women behind "The Dirty Thirty".

    5. InfamyLeicestershire

    At one point, John Gamble was thought to be the only man on strike in Leicestershire.

    4. The Dirty ThirtyLeicestershire

    Out of thousands of miners in Leicestershire only around thirty men joined in the strike.

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