Name/TitleDVD: Here We Go: Women Living the Strike
About this objectPAL DVD of a 55 minute documentary titled 'Here We Go: Women Living the Strike', produced and directed by Maggie Wright. The documentary commemorates "the role of women during the 1984-85 miners' strike and the subsequent impact this was to have on the following 25 years of their lives."
MakerWright, Maggie
Maker RoleFilm Producer and Director
Date Made2010
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, plastic
MeasurementsH: 185 x W: 130 x D: 9 mm (DVD box)
Subject and Association Keywordstrade unions
Subject and Association KeywordsStrike action
Subject and Association KeywordsCommunity activism
Subject and Association KeywordsWorking-class culture
Subject and Association Keywordssolidarity, unity
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_(1984-85):
The miners' strike of 1984–1985 was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent colliery closures. It was led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) against the National Coal Board (NCB), a government agency. Opposition to the strike was led by the Conservative government of the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who wanted to reduce the power of the trade unions.
Women Against Pit Closures
In the early weeks of the strike, the media reported that miners' wives in Nottinghamshire were encouraging their husbands to defy the flying pickets and were against the strike. In response, a group of miners' wives and girlfriends who supported the strike set up a network that became known as Women Against Pit Closures. The support groups organised collections outside supermarkets, communal kitchens, benefit concerts and other activities. The strike marked an important development in the traditional mining heartlands, where feminist ideas had not been strong.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeCD/DVD
Object numberGWL-2022-94-4
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved