In 1984, thousands of workers in the area's mines were in their ninth month of the bitter Miners ... Northumberland. Mr Lavery said: “I remember the Christmas of 1984 vividly, I still lived at ...
Northumberland Miners' Picnic has only been cancelled during two wars and three strikes. The 156th picnic has a virtual brass band and remote circus takeover of Woodhorn Colliery Museum ...
Striking miners sabatoged the London to Edinburgh mainline at Cramlington, in Northumberland, hoping to prevent a coal train from reaching its destination. In the event, the miners unintentionally ...