Catalogue Number
NMLH.1991.105
Object Name
Emblem
Title
LEICESTERSHIRE WARWICKSHIRE SOLIDARITY, 1984-5. MANTLE LANE COALVILLE. COVENTRY MINE, KERESLEY. NUR, ASLEF. MINE WORKERS, COKE WORKERS. MIDLAND MINORITIES. WE UNITE TO ASSIST EACH OTHER
Place
Coalville & Leicestershire & England & UK
People
N.U.R. Coalville depot & support group; Gibbons, Geoff
Events
miners' strike 1984/1985
Date
circa 1985
Creator(s)Gibbons, Geof P.
Description
A banner featuring an emblem used during the miners' strike of 1984-85.
This painting by Geoff Gibbons of Coventry was produced to commemorate the 1984-1985 Miners' Strike. It is a tribute, in particular, to the support given by railwaymen from the Mantle Lane freight depot at Coalville, Leicestershire, to striking miners in the Coventry mine at Keresley, Warwickshire. It documents the demonstration of local solidarity between members of three trade unions: the National Union of Mineworkers, the National Union of Railwaymen and the Associated Society Of Locomotive Engineers And Firemen.
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