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4. The Dirty Thirty
Out of over two thousand miners in Leicestershire only around thirty men joined in the strike. They were called "The Dirty Thirty".
Out of over two thousand miners in Leicestershire only around thirty men joined in the strike. They were called "The Dirty Thirty".
The name was intended to insult but was adopted with pride.
Jo Bostock talks with four of The Dirty Thirty: Mel Elcock, Nigel Jeffery, Darren Moore and Bob Girvan.
