Women in the Miners' Strike 1984-5 (@coalfieldwomen) 's Twitter Profile
Women in the Miners' Strike 1984-5

@coalfieldwomen

AHRC project documenting women's experiences during the miners' strike of 1984-5. Online exhibition: coalfield-women.org

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We've got an exciting new set of UofGlasgow ESH fortnightly Thursday seminars for 2021. They'll all be on Zoom at 11am, so get in touch with me if you want the code. We'll hear papers by @jack_saundrs, Anna Spadavecchia, Women in the Miners' Strike 1984-5 and Rebecca Mason. All welcome.

We've got an exciting new set of <a href="/UofGlasgowESH/">UofGlasgow ESH</a> fortnightly Thursday seminars for 2021. They'll all be on Zoom at 11am, so get in touch with me if you want the code. We'll hear papers by @jack_saundrs, Anna Spadavecchia, <a href="/CoalfieldWomen/">Women in the Miners' Strike 1984-5</a>  and <a href="/rmason717/">Rebecca Mason</a>. All welcome.
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An explosion at Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, killed 383 men and boys #OnThisDay in 1866 – the worst pit disaster in English history. A strike 2 years earlier for safer conditions was broken by the use of scab labour and evictions. 169 unrecovered bodies remain entombed at the site

An explosion at Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, killed 383 men and boys #OnThisDay in 1866 – the worst pit disaster in English history.  

A strike 2 years earlier for safer conditions was broken by the use of scab labour and evictions. 169 unrecovered bodies remain entombed at the site
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Book launch! Ewan Gibbs 'Coal Country', 25 Feb., 7pm, online Promises to be a fascinating discussion of coal mining, deindustrialisation, the miners' strike, and political and social change in Scotland Details and sign up here: history.ac.uk/events/nhp-coa…

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We’re very sad to hear of the death of Hywel Francis. He gave us some really useful information about the strike in S Wales when we were interviewing his wife Mair for the project,+ by all accounts was a lovely man. Our thoughts are with Mair + his family. google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.…

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History teacher? Not too late to join us for this this evening and find out about our KS3 resources on women and the miners’ strike! We’re excited!

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UCL History's annual Neale lecture is tomorrow, and Dr Kennetta Hammond Perry will be giving what promises to be an amazing lecture on Black British history and politics Free, on Zoom - sign up below!

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Any teachers interested in teaching oral history and women's experiences in the miners' strike, come along to our talk tomorrow! It's free, and we'll be introducing the resources we made for 3 KS3 lessons on the topic, as well as talking about our fascinating research findings

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Our first article that uses interviews from the project is out! I know some of our interviewees follow us on here, so if you'd like a PDF copy of the article, just send us a message and we'll sort it out for you x

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Just had the best 2 days XP. School talking with the year 7s all about the miners' strike in Doncaster - so impressed with how engaged and enthusiastic the students were! Thank you to Sarah for organising it, and all the XP staff for all their help.

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Opening this Friday 1-4.30pm, and visit-able until February during our drop-in Friday afternoons, we're delighted to host a guest exhibition from Piston,Pen & Press ⛏️⚙️✍️📚, 'Literature in the Mines', with additional mining material from our own collections. More info at wcml.org.uk/events

Opening this Friday 1-4.30pm, and visit-able until February during our drop-in Friday afternoons, we're delighted to host a guest exhibition from <a href="/PistonPen/">Piston,Pen & Press ⛏️⚙️✍️📚</a>, 'Literature in the Mines', with additional mining material from our own collections. More info at wcml.org.uk/events
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Coalfield women support the UCU strike (obviously!) and also think that if people managed to stay out for a *whole year* during the miners' strike, most lecturers probably can afford to go on strike for 10 days tbh

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Publication day :-) We are so happy to see this out in the world! (Interviewees: you’ll be receiving information very shortly about how to get your free copy). It was such a privilege to hear all these stories from so many women - this book is for them.

Publication day :-) We are so happy to see this out in the world! (Interviewees: you’ll be receiving information very shortly about how to get your free copy). It was such a privilege to hear all these stories from so many women - this book is for them.
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We're having a launch event for our book on Friday February 23rd, in London. Everyone is welcome, but places are limited - do sign up through the link below if you're interested! eventbrite.com/e/women-in-the…