BBC Scotland - Strike! The Village That Fought Back (original) (raw)
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The inside story of Polmaise Colliery and the miners who were the first to walk out and the last to go back to work during the miners' strike.
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Forty years after the miners’ strike, this documentary tells the story of Polmaise Colliery, whose workers were the first to walk out and the last to go back to work. Hearing from miners who were on the front line, and family members and journalists who covered the strike, this documentary reveals the inside story of the miners who went on strike for 56 weeks to save the last village pit in Scotland.
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