Event

Voices from the Miners’ Strike Forty Years On: Historians Robert Gildea and Jim Phillips in conversation with Patricia Clavin

Date
6 Mar 2024
Time
17:00 UK time
Speakers
Robert Gildea
Jim Phillips
In conversation with Patricia Clavin
Where
Worcester College, Sultan Nazrin Shah Conference Centre, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Series
Modern History Research Seminar
Audience
Members of the University only
Booking
Required
Please note this discussion is on Wednesday 6 March at Worcester College
The first week in March marks the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike, when 170,000 miners, backed by their families and supporters across the UK and abroad, fought to defend their pits, their jobs and their communities. The defeat of the miners shattered the labour movement in the UK and devastated mining communities, although there are also amazing stories of miners and their wives reinventing themselves, beginning new careers, and endeavouring to repair their communities.

Read more here: https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/in-conversation-robert-gildea